Erebus

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.

Wikipedia EN

In Greek mythology, Erebus (/ˈɛrəbəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, lit. '"darkness, gloom"'), or Erebos, is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod's Theogony, he is the offspring of Chaos, and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of Aether, Eros, and Metis, or the first ruler of the gods.

In genealogies given by Roman authors, he begets a large progeny of personifications upon Nox (the Roman equivalent of Nyx), while in an Orphic theogony, he is the offspring of Chronos (Time).

The name "Erebus" is also used to refer either to the darkness of the Underworld, the Underworld itself, or the region through which souls pass to reach Hades, and can sometimes be used as a synonym for Tartarus or Hades.

The meaning of the word Érebos (Ἔρεβος) is "darkness" or "gloom", referring to that of the Underworld. It derives from the Proto-Indo-European *h₁regʷ-os- ("darkness"), and is cognate with the Sanskrit rájas ("dark (lower) air, dust"), the Armenian erek ("evening"), the Gothic riqis, and the Old Norse røkkr ("dark, dust").