Cocytus

English

Alternative forms

• Cocytos
• Kokytos

Etymology

From Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, “lamentation”).

Proper noun

Cocytus

1. A river of the underworld in Greek mythology.
   • 1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 349, lines 1327–1329:

     By the Stigiall flode, / And the stremes wode / Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]

   • 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 143, lines 686–687:

     All theſe Cocytus bounds vvith ſqualid Reeds, / VVith Muddy Ditches, and vvith deadly VVeeds: […]

Coordinate terms

• Acheron, Eridanos, Lethe, Phlegethon, Styx

Derived terms

• Cocytean, Cocytian

Translations

river of the underworld

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: Cocit m
• Dutch: Cocytus m
• Finnish: Kokytos
• French: Cocyte (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kokytos m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Κωκυτός m (Kōkutós)

• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: Cocito m
• Polish: Kocyt (pl) m, Kokytos (pl) m
• Russian: Коци́т (ru) (Kocít), Коки́тос (ru) m (Kokítos)
• Spanish: Cocito m

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós).

Proper noun

Cocytus m

1. (Greek mythology) Cocytus (river in Hades)