- Tartarus
- noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Tartaros Date: 1513 a section of Hades reserved for punishment of the wicked
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TARTARUS — fluv. Venetiae, ex Athesi in Padum per Hadriae fines decurrens; unde unum ex Padi ostiis Tartarum a Plinio, l. 3. c. 16. nominatur. Est et Tartarus, et Tartara numer. plural. locus inferorum a poetis plurimum celebratus, in quo sontes plectuntur … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
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Tartarus — Tartarus, myth., tiefer Abgrund, in welchen Zeus die Titanen und andere Frevler stürzte; in der späteren Auffassung der Theil der Unterwelt, in welchem die Verdammten ihre Strafe erlitten. – T., in der Chemie, der Weinstein; Tartarite, Tartrate,… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Tartarus — the abyss below Hades in Greek mythology, from Gk. Tartaros, of uncertain origin; prob. a word of imitative origin, suggestive of something frightful [Klein] … Etymology dictionary
Tartarus — [tär′tə rəs] n. [L < Gr Tartaros] Gr. Myth. 1. an infernal abyss below Hades, where Zeus hurls the rebel Titans, later a place of punishment for the wicked after death 2. HADES (sense 1a) … English World dictionary
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Tartarus — Tartaros (auch Tartarus geschrieben) ist in der griechischen Mythologie (ebenso wie Hades, Erebos) ein Teil der Unterwelt, auch: Hölle, Unterwelt, Schattenreich. Es ist der Strafort der Unterwelt. Zu ewigen Qualen im Tartaros verurteilt waren… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tartarus — /tahr teuhr euhs/, n. Class. Myth. 1. a sunless abyss, below Hades, in which Zeus imprisoned the Titans. 2. a place in Hades for the punishment of the wicked. * * * In Greek mythology, the lowest depths of the underworld. It was a region of… … Universalium
