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Erebus

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἔρεβος, -ους, τό.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ĕrĕbus: i, m., = Ἔρεβος.
   A The god of darkness, son of Chaos, and brother of Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17 fin.; Hyg. Myth. praef.; Verg. A. 4, 510; Ov. M. 14, 404.—
   B The Lower World, Verg. G. 4, 471 Serv.; id. A. 6, 247; 7, 140; Ov. M. 5, 543; 10, 76, al.—Hence,
II Ĕrĕbēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Lower World: colubrae, Ov. lb. 229.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Ĕrĕbus,¹² ī, m. (Ἔρεβος), Érèbe [divinité infernale] : Cic. Nat. 3, 44 || les enfers, l’Érèbe : Virg. G. 4, 471 || -bēus, a, um, de l’Érèbe : Ov. Ib. 225.

Latin > German (Georges)

Erebus, ī, m. (Ἔρεβος), I) eine Gottheit der Finsternis, Sohn des Chaos, von seiner Schwester Nox (der Nacht) Vater des Äther u. Dies (Tages), Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 14. Verg. Aen. 4, 510. – II) die Unterwelt, das Reich der Toten, Verg. georg. 4, 471 u.a.