Orcus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Orcus</b>: i, m. kindr. [[with]] [[ἕρκος]] and the Lat. [[urgeo]]: Orcum quem dicimus, ait [[Verrius]] ab antiquis [[dictum]] uragum, Fest. p. 202 Müll.—Hence, [[prop]]., [[that]] [[which]] impels, constrains, [[confines]].<br /><b>I</b> the Lower World, the [[abode]] of the [[dead]], [[Orcus]]: Acherunsia templa alta Orci, salvete infera, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 107 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 115; 6, 762: [[Minos]] sedet [[arbiter]] Orci, Prop. 4, 18, 27; Verg. A. 6, 273. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[god]] of the [[infernal]] regions, [[Orcus]], [[Pluto]]: [[Orcus]] recipere ad se hanc noluit, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 6: [[bene]] [[vale]], [[apud]] Orcum te videbo, id. As. 3, 3, 16: ut [[Verres]] [[alter]] [[Orcus]], venisse Ennam, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111: [[pallidus]], Verg. G. 1, 277.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Death]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): horriferis accibant vocibus Orcum, Lucr. 5, 996; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: Orcum morari, to [[hesitate]] to [[die]], id. C. 3, 27, 50: rapacis Orci [[fine]] destinatā, id. ib. 2, 18, 30: cum Orco rationem habere, to [[risk]] one's [[life]], Varr. R. R. 1, 4: janua haec Orci, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 1.