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Proper Noun

1. 1
   A river of the underworld in Greek mythology.

   "By the Stigiall flode, / And the stremes wode / Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]"

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acheronriver cocytus

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"By the Stigiall flode, / And the stremes wode / Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]"

Etymology

From Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, “lamentation”).

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