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Orcus

[ awr-kuhs ]

noun

  1. the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
  2. the ancient Roman underworld; Hades; Dis.


Orcus

/ ˈɔːkəs /

noun

  1. See Dis
    another name for Dis


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And I was beautiful, and I had no love, save for the king, Orcus.

Has gone blundering down into Orcus and the shark's belly, in that unutterable manner.

Down with it, man; down with it to Orcus: let the whole accursed edifice sink thither, and tyranny be swallowed up forever!

Orcus itself can scarcely have a blacker portal than that which yawned for us on our way to the upper floor.

If you meet the bloodhounds cry: 'Be off, Orcus and Erebus,' and dash the torch in their eyes, and they will not hurt you.

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