Definition of Orcus

1. Noun. God of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto.

Exact synonyms: Dis
Generic synonyms: Roman Deity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orcus

Orbignya spesiosa
Orbison
Orcadian
Orcadians
Orchestia
Orchestiidae
Orchidaceae
Orchidales
Orchis mascula
Orchis papilionaceae
Orchis spectabilis
Orchomenos
Orchomenus
Orcinus
Orcinus orca
Orcus (current term)
Orczy
Ord
Ord kangaroo rat
Order of Australia
Order of Friars Minor
Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Order of the Purple Heart
Orders of Australia
Ordibehesht
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey map
Ordophone
Ordophones

Literary usage of Orcus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1782)
"Orcus.] What means thy bow, if thoil revere the right ? Apollo.] It ever is my wont to bear ... Orcus.] And F will lead her to the realms below. Spoilt. ..."

2. The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy by Thomas Keightley (1854)
"... said that Orcus was originally pronounced Uragus (rather ... Mantus (the Etruscan Orcus) as a coarse large man with a wild look and pointed ears, ..."

3. The South-west by Joseph Holt Ingraham (1835)
"... novel mode of franking—Roulette-table—A supper in Orcus—Pockets to let—Dimly lighted streets—Some things not so bad as they are represented. ..."

4. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"... among the Persians is Hades — that is, either Orcus or Pluto ; wherein he did but follow Theopompus, who in Plutarch 'calls ..."

5. History of Roman Literature from Its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age by John Colin Dunlop (1827)
"... lamentation of Venus for the death of Adonis, where there is a similar complaint of the unrelenting Orcus— " Tt ft ira X*MIt i: ai ..."

6. Journal of a Few Months Residence in Portugal and Glimpses of the South of Spain by Dorothy (Wordsworth) Quillinan (1847)
"The orcus, wild rose, gentianella, and another tall flower of the same rich shade of blue. MALAGA, MONDAY, MAT HTH. Steamer arrived, and to sail for Almeria ..."

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