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Webster 1913 Edition

Styx

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Styx

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Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]

(Class. Myth.)

The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.

Definition 2024

Styx

Styx

English

Proper noun

Styx

(Greek mythology) The river, in Hades, over which the souls of the dead are ferried by Charon.
(astronomy) The 5th moon of Pluto, discovered in 2012.

Derived terms

stygian

Coordinate terms

Acheron, Cocytus, Eridanos, Lethe, Phlegethon

Translations

river of the underworld

Bulgarian: Стикс ‎(Stiks)
Czech: Styx
Danish: Styx
Dutch: Styx
Estonian: Styx (et)
Finnish: Styks
French: Styx (fr) m
German: Styx (de)
Greek: Στυξ f ‎(Styx), Στύγα (el) f ‎(Stýga)
Ancient Greek: Στύξ f ‎(Stúx)
Hebrew: סטיקס ‎(stiks)
Hungarian: Sztüx
Icelandic: Styx
Italian: Stige
Japanese: ステュクス (ja) ‎(Sutyukusu)
Latin: Styx f
Lithuanian: Stiksas

Luxembourgish: Styx
Norwegian: Styx
Polish: Styks
Portuguese: Estige m
Romanian: Styx
Russian: Стикс (ru) ‎(Stiks)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: Стикс

Roman: Stiks (sh)
Slovak: Styx
Slovene: Stiks
Spanish: Estigia f, Estix f, Estige f
Swedish: Styx
Turkish: Stiks
Ukrainian: Стікс ‎(Stiks)
Vietnamese: Styx

Anagrams

xyst

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στύξ ‎(Stúx).

Proper noun

Styx m

Styx