English Explanatory Dictionary

Erebus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of darkness and shadow, brother-husband of Nyx and son of Chaos.
  2. The dark and gloomy cavern between the earth and Hades; the underworld.
  3. Ellipsis of Mount Erebus, a volcano in Antarctica, named after HMS Erebus.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛɹəbəs/ ĕ′rĭ-bəs ĕr′ə-bəs LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Erebus.wav

Word forms

Erebus Erebos

Etymology

From Latin Erebus. Doublet of rajas. [Alt: Mount Erebus]

Translations

Arabic: إِرِيْبْس Catalan: Èreb Danish: Erebos French: Érèbe Greek: Έρεβος Greenlandic: Erebosi Inuktitut: ᐄᕆᐳᔅ Latin: Erebus Russian: Эреб Spanish: Érebo Ukrainian: Ере́б
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