Cocytus
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, “lamentation”).
Proper noun
editCocytus
- 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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editTranslations
editriver of the underworld
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Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCocytus m
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