Erebusn.

/ˈɛrɪbəs/

Forms: Also 1500s erron. erobus.

Etymology: < Latin Erebus, < Greek Ἔρεβος; ? cognate with Gothic riqis darkness.

Mythology.

The proper name of ‘a place of darkness, between Earth and Hades’ (Liddell and Scott); often used in phrase dark as Erebus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology > place between Earth and Hades

Erebus1600

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 87 His affections darke as Terebus.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 883 Harsh Thunder..the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus .

1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. x. 217 The night was dark as Erebus.

in combination.1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 169 The pow'r that impell'd thee was Erebus bred.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	erebus
释义	Erebusn. /ˈɛrɪbəs/ Forms: Also 1500s erron. erobus. Etymology: < Latin Erebus, < Greek Ἔρεβος; ? cognate with Gothic riqis darkness. Mythology. The proper name of ‘a place of darkness, between Earth and Hades’ (Liddell and Scott); often used in phrase dark as Erebus. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology > place between Earth and Hades Erebus1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 87 His affections darke as Terebus. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 883 Harsh Thunder..the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus . View more context for this quotation 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. x. 217 The night was dark as Erebus. in combination.1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 169 The pow'r that impell'd thee was Erebus bred. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1600
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