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Erebus
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Translingual
thumb|Erebus ephesperis, a species in the moth genus Erebus
Etymology
mul :bor la:Erebus 1
Borrowed from mul la Erebus and mul grc Ἔρεβος, the personification of darkness in Greek mythology.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Erebidae certain moths
Hypernyms
genus ; Erebinae subfamily - subfamily; Erebini tribe - tribr
Hyponyms
genus Erebus crepuscularis species - type species
Descendants
ar أِرِبُوسَة 1
References
Erebus (moth) Erebus (moth)
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mul Noctuoid moths
English
Alternative forms
en Erebos
Etymology
From en la Erebus, from en grc Ἔρεβος. en rajas.
thumb|alt=Mount Erebus|Mount Erebus
Pronunciation
en /ˈɛɹəbəs/
ĕ′rĭ-bəsErebus, Mount 582 3
ĕr′ə-bəsEr·e·bus, Mount 233 2
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Erebus.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q131122 en Greek mythology One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of darkness and shadow, brother-husband of Nyx and son of Chaos.
en Greek mythology The dark and gloomy cavern between the earth and Hades; the underworld.
1 i 57 Nay, were he Deul, as he is no man,Yet in reuenge of faire Zenocrate,UUhome he detayneth in deſpight of vs,This arme ſhould ſend him downe to Erebus,To ſhroud his ſhame in darkneſſe of the night.
en Mount Erebus, 1 en volcano cont/Antarctica, named after HMS Erebus.
Translations
mythology Q131122
Arabic: ar إِرِيبْس
Catalan: ca Èreb m
Danish: da Erebos
French: fr Érèbe m
Greek: el Έρεβος
Greenlandic: kl Erebosi
Inuktitut: iu ᐄᕆᐳᔅ
Latin: la Erebus m
Russian: ru Эреб m
Spanish: es Érebo
Ukrainian: uk Ере́б m
References
en Antarctica Death Gods Afterlife
Latin
Etymology
la Erebus :bor grc:Ἔρεβος + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Erebus<2> m
la Greek mythology en Erebus, whose equivalent in Roman mythology is la Scotus darkness.
Declension
Erebus<2>
Descendants
en Erebus
References
la Death