Orcus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Orcus. Doublet of ogre and orc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔːrkəs/ === Proper noun === Orcus (Roman mythology) The Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld. Coordinate terms: Hades, Pluto (astronomy) A plutino and planetoid, possibly a dwarf planet; sometimes referred to as the “anti-Pluto”. Its moon is Vanth. Hypernym: plutino ==== Synonyms ==== (celestial body): 🝿 ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna === Further reading === Orcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 90482 Orcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === cours, scour, sucro- == Latin == === Alternative forms === Orchus (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === Unknown. Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to hold, shut in”), others to Ancient Greek ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”), whence Proto-Italic *orkos. For the former, compare the semantics of English hell, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔr.kus] === Proper noun === Orcus m (genitive Orcī); second declension the underworld (Roman mythology) Orcus (god of the underworld) (New Latin, astronomy) Orcus (dwarf planet) death ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== Orcīnus orcīniānus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Orcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Orcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Orcus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.