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Chaos
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chaos CHAOS chãos
Translingual
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Etymology
From mul la chaos chaos, from mul grc χάος.
Proper noun
1 n
genus family Amoebidae several very large amoebae
mul astronomy A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.
mul 19521 Chaos
Hypernyms
genus
Further reading
Chaos (genus) Chaos (genus)
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Chaos (genus) Chaos (genus)
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mul Dwarf planets of the Solar System
English
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Etymology
From en la chaos chaos, from en grc χάος.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ RP
en /ˈkeɪ.ɑs/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Chaos.wav US
Proper noun
en Greek mythology In Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of the world, or the first being or deity to exist.
en astronomy A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.
en 19521 Chaos
en fantasy science fiction In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors, and beasts to wage war on the games' setting.
en Chaos warrior, Chaos daemon
Derived terms
primordial chaos
Translations
Warhamer antagonist
Russian: ru ха́ос m, ru хао́с m
Anagrams
en achos oshac Socha
en Dwarf planets of the Solar System Greek mythology Warhammer
German
Etymology
From de la chaos, from de grc χάος. Cognate with en chaos. de Gas.
Pronunciation
de [ˈkaːɔs]
de De-Chaos.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Cha os
de aːɔs
Noun
n,-.sg
chaos
Declension
n,-.sg
Derived terms
de Chaosforschung Chaostheorie Chaoskampf Chaot chaotisch
Further reading
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Latin
Alternative forms
la chaos
Etymology
la Chaos :bor grc:χάος + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chaon<2> Chaos Chaos Chaos A genitive plural la Chaōrum appears only in very Late to Modern Latin.
the shapeless primordial universe
la Ov. M. 1 5–9 Ante mare et terrās et quod tegit omnia caelumūnus erat tōtō nātūrae vultus in orbe,quem dīxēre chaos: rudis indīgestaque mōlēsnec quicquam nisi pondus iners congestaque eōdemnōn bene iūnctārum discordia sēmina rērum. Before the sea and the lands and the sky that covers over all things,there was one face of nature in the whole world,which they called chaos: a raw and unorganized mass,and nothing if not an inert weight and, gathered in the same place,the discordant seeds of things not well joined together.
the Underworld, Hell
Usage notes
The plural is a rare and very late development.
2 Examples.
la 1838 Franz Bernhard von Bucholtz Geschichte der Regierung Ferdinand des Ersten, aus gedruckten und ungedruckten Quellen 282 Testor Deum Quod causam ignoro, ob quam Mag. Do. vra (quandoquidem ipsi familiares mei more fidelium Chaorum fidelitatem Mis Regiae . Licet, quod inimici mei Mag. Dominationi vrae dolose interpretati sunt, qualiter ego more paganismico in regnum Chaorum et in regiam Mm Inimicum ad inferendum properassem.
la 1878 Ludwig Dindorff; Karl Müller Diodori Siculi bibliothecae quae supersunt ex nova recensione 2 604 Graeci Phasin fluvium transgress per Chaorum, Phasianorum, Chaldaeorum etc. regiones in Chenium montem evadunt unde ingenti gaudio mare prospiciunt.
la 1904 Giacomo Tropea Rivista di storia antica 607 In paragrapho prima Diodorus de Graecorum adventu in Chaorum terras tradit: Ipse Dindorfius in latina versione Xenophontis scribit "Chaorum" atque inter uncos "Thaochorum".
Declension
Chaos<2.N.sg> A genitive plural la Chaōrum appears only in very Late to Modern Latin.
Descendants
it caosse cao caos
pms càos
es caos
References
Chăŏs or Chăus Chaos
chăŏs 298/3
1 chaos 309/1