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Erebus

//ˈɛɹəbəs// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of darkness and shadow, brother-husband of Nyx and son of Chaos. Greek
  2. 2
    The dark and gloomy cavern between the earth and Hades; the underworld. Greek

    "Nay, were he Deul, as he is no man, Yet in reuenge of faire Zenocrate, UUhome he detayneth in deſpight of vs, This arme ſhould ſend him downe to Erebus, To ſhroud his ſhame in darkneſſe of the night."

  3. 3
    Ellipsis of Mount Erebus, a volcano in Antarctica, named after HMS Erebus. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Etymology

From Latin Erebus. Doublet of rajas. [Alt: Mount Erebus]

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