Tartarus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑː(r)tərəs/ === Proper noun === Tartarus (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A dark and gloomy part of the realm of Hades, reserved for the damned and the wicked, such as the Titans; an equivalent of hell in Greek and Roman mythology. (figurative) Any hellish place; a dark gloomy chasm or pit. ==== Related terms ==== Tartarean Tartarian ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtar.ta.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtar.ta.rus] === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). ==== Alternative forms ==== Tartaros ==== Proper noun ==== Tartarus m sg (genitive Tartarī); second declension (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Tartarus (hell, part of the underworld) A river of Venetia that used to flow into the Adriatic Sea, now called Tartaro. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only. ===== Descendants ===== Catalan: Tàrtar → English: Tartarus French: Tartare === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== Tartarus m (genitive Tartarī, feminine Tartara); second declension alternative form of Tatarus (“Tatar”) ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Tartarus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Tartarus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Tartarus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.