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Tar⋅ta⋅rus

  [tahr-ter-uhs]
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–noun Classical Mythology.
1. a sunless abyss, below Hades, in which Zeus imprisoned the Titans.
2. a place in Hades for the punishment of the wicked.
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Tar·ta·rus   (tär'tər-əs)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology The abysmal regions below Hades where the Titans were confined.

  2. An infernal region; hell.


[Latin, from Greek Tartaros.]
Tar·tar'e·an (-târ'ē-ən) adj.
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