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|btext=ου (ὁ) :<br />la Mort personnifiée.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[θάνατος]].
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|elrutext='''Θάνᾰτος:''' ὁ Танатос (бог смерти, брат Сна Hom., сын Ночи Hes.).
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|gf=<b>Thănătŏs</b>, ī, f., île entre la Gaule et la Bretagne : Isid. Orig. 14, 6, 3.
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==Wikipedia EN==
In Greek mythology, Thanatos (/ˈθænətɒs/; Ancient Greek: [[Θάνατος]], pronounced in Ancient Greek: "Death", from [[θνῄσκω]] thnēskō "to die, be dying") was the personification of death. He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to but rarely appearing in person.

His name is transliterated in Latin as [[Thanatus]], but his equivalent in Roman mythology is [[Mors]] or [[Letum]]. Mors is sometimes erroneously identified with Orcus, whose Greek equivalent was Horkos, God of the Oath.