Orcus

orcus English thumb|Orcus's planetary symbol 🝿 Etymology From en la Orcus. en ogre orc. Pronunciation en /ˈɔːrkəs/ Proper noun en Q860314 en Roman god The Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld. en Hades Pluto 1 i 44 Then ſhall our footmen lie within the trench,And with their Cannons mouth’d like Orcus gulfeBatter the wales, and we will enter in:And thus the Grecians ſhalbe conquered. en Q15603 en astronomy A plutino and planetoid, possibly a dwarf planet; sometimes referred to as the “anti-Pluto”. Its moon is Vanth. en plutino Synonyms celestial body mul 🝿 Translations Q860314 god Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 俄耳枯斯 É'ěrkūsī Esperanto: eo Orko French: fr Orcus Polish: pl Orkus m-pr Russian: ru О́ркус m Spanish: es orco m Q15603 dwarf planet Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亡神星 Esperanto: eo Orko French: fr Orcus Polish: pl Orkus m-an Russian: ru Орк f Spanish: es Orcus m See also Further reading Orcus en 90482 Orcus en Anagrams en corsu cours scour sucro- en Dwarf planets of the Solar System Latin Alternative forms la Orchus medieval Etymology la. Some refer it to la ine-pro *h₂erk- to hold, shut in, others to grc ὅρκος oath, whence la itc-pro *orkos.Wagenvoort, Studies in Roman Literature, Culture and Religion For the former, compare the semantics of en hell, ultimately from ine-pro *ḱel- cover. Pronunciation Orcus Proper noun Orcus<2.both> the underworld la Roman god Orcus god of the underworld la New Latin astronomy Orcus dwarf planet death Declension Orcus<2.both> Derived terms la Orcīnus la orcīniānus Descendants See also descendants at la orcus. fro ogre fr ogre gl orco it orco pms òrch osp huerco es huerco dum orck 1 nl ork regional ang orc 1 pt Orco 1 scn orcu 1 es orco 1 References la Dwarf planets of the Solar System