Tartarus

[ tahr-ter-uhs ]

nounClassical 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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How to use Tartarus in a sentence

  • This offense could not be overlooked, so Ixion was sent to Tartarus, where he was bound to an ever-revolving wheel of fire.

  • At length we reached the last passage, the dismal gloom of which might furnish images for a poetical description of Tartarus.

British Dictionary definitions for Tartarus

Tartarus

/ (ˈtɑːtərəs) /


nounGreek myth
  1. an abyss under Hades where the Titans were imprisoned

  2. a part of Hades reserved for evildoers

  1. the underworld; Hades

  2. a primordial god who became the father of the monster Typhon

Origin of Tartarus

1
C16: from Latin, from Greek Tartaros, of obscure origin

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