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

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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: []

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

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Cocytus m

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