Tartarus

English

Etymology

From Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

Proper noun

Tartarus

1. (Greek mythology) A dark and gloomy part of the realm of Hades, reserved for the damned and the wicked, such as the Titans, etc.

Translations

dark part of Hades

• Catalan: Tàrtar m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Τάρταρος f (Tártaros)

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• Russian: Та́ртар (ru) m (Tártar)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.ta.rus/, [ˈt̪ärt̪ärʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.ta.rus/, [ˈt̪ärt̪ärus]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

View of the river

Alternative forms

• Tartaros

Proper noun

Tartarus m sg (genitive Tartarī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Tartarus (part of the underworld)
2. A river of Venetia that used to flow into the Adriatic Sea, now called Tartaro.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tartarus
Genitive	Tartarī
Dative	Tartarō
Accusative	Tartarum
Ablative	Tartarō
Vocative	Tartare

Etymology 2

Noun

Tartarus m (genitive Tartarī, feminine Tartara); second declension

1. Alternative form of Tatarus (“Tatar”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine		Masculine	Feminine
Nominative	Tartarus	Tartara		Tartarī	Tartarae
Genitive	Tartarī	Tartarae		Tartarōrum	Tartarārum
Dative	Tartarō			Tartarīs	Tartarīs
Accusative	Tartarum	Tartaram		Tartarōs	Tartarās
Ablative	Tartarō	Tartarā		Tartarīs	Tartarīs
Vocative	Tartare	Tartara		Tartarī	Tartarae

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.