English

Proper noun

Orcus

1. the Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld
2. a large trans-Neptunian object and plutino, sometimes referred to as the 'anti-Pluto'

See also

• (dwarf planets of the Solar System) dwarf planets of the Solar System; Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Salacia, Varuna, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, 2007 OR10, Eris, Sedna

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly from Ancient Greek Ὅρχος ‎(Hórkhos)^[1] or Όρκος ‎(Órkos).

Proper noun

Orcus m ‎(genitive Orcī); second declension

1. Orcus (god of the underworld)
2. the underworld
3. death

Inflection

Second declension.

References

Orcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Orcus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ Wagenvoort, Studies in Roman Literature, Culture and Religion

Latin

Noun

orcus m ‎(genitive orcī); second declension

1. underworld

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Italian: orco

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “orcus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the world below: inferi (Orcus and Tartarus only poetical)
    
• orcus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• orcus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray