ABYSS Copy link • ABYSSinfinita or immensa altitudo: vorago (abyss; chasm): gurges (whirlpool): barathrum (is a poetical expression): profundum (with or without maris; abyss of the sea). Figuratively, manifest overwhelming danger; vorago; pestis, pernicies. To plunge into an abyss of danger, ad pestem ante oculos positam proficisci; in praeceps ruere.