Erebus

English

Alternative forms

• Erebos

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos, “Lower Air”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəbəs/

Proper noun

Erebus

1. (Greek mythology) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of darkness and shadow, brother-husband of Nyx and son of Chaos.
2. (Greek mythology) The dark and gloomy cavern between the earth and Hades; the underworld.
3. A volcano in Antarctica, named after HMS Erebus.

Translations

mythology

• Catalan: Èreb m
• Danish: Erebos
• French: Érèbe (fr) m
• Greenlandic: Erebosi
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• Inuktitut: ᐄᕆᐳᔅ (iiripos)
• Russian: Эреб (ru) m (Ereb)
• Spanish: Érebo

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