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noun
1.
Classical Mythology. the darkness under the earth, imagined either as the abode of sinners after death or of all the dead.
2.
Mount, a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island. 13,202 feet (4024 meters).
Origin:
< Latin < Greek Érebos; cognate with Armenian erek evening, Sanskrit rájas darkness, Gothic riquis darkness
< Latin < Greek Érebos; cognate with Armenian erek evening, Sanskrit rájas darkness, Gothic riquis darkness
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Erebus
is always a great word to know.
So is centaur. Does it mean:
| a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two, finally killed by Hercules |
| one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse |
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Erebus
"place of darkness between earth and Hades," 1596, from L., from Gk. Erebos, of unknown origin, perhaps from Sem. (cf. Heb. erebh "sunset, evening."
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