Styx
/stɪks/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon. Greek
"A bold bad man, that dar'd to call by name / Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead night, / At which Cocytus quakes and Styx is put to flight."
- 2 The 5th moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012.
- 3 A locality in the Derwent Valley council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Example
More examples"I still don't wish to see the Styx."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Στύξ (Stúx).