τάρταρα — meaning in English
Tartara
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English meaning
- abyss noun A very deep, seemingly bottomless chasm or void.
- Hades proper noun In Greek mythology, the god of the underworld and ruler of the dead.
- underworld noun The organized criminal side of society, especially those involved in serious or large-scale crime.
Senses
τάρταρα is used for these senses in English:
- Hades (Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
- abyss Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- underworld (religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
abyss — full definition
- noun A very deep, seemingly bottomless chasm or void.
- noun A situation or state of overwhelming trouble, hopelessness, or ruin.
Hades — full definition
- proper noun In Greek mythology, the god of the underworld and ruler of the dead.
- proper noun The underworld itself, the realm of the dead in Greek mythology; loosely, hell.