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tartarus
/ˈtɑː(r)tərəs/
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What does tartarus mean?
proper noun
- A dark and gloomy part of the realm of Hades, reserved for the damned and the wicked, such as the Titans; an equivalent of hell in Greek and Roman mythology.
- (figuratively) Any hellish place; a dark gloomy chasm or pit.
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They fancy some foul, obscure den, some horrible Tartarus “informis, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.”
"All the ground bursts asunder, and through the chinks the light penetrates into Tartarus, and startles the infernal king with his spouse."
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“How in Tartarus,” cried Flambeau, “did you ever hear of the spiked bracelet?”
An attempt at their further theological development is seen in the Pythagorean statement that lightnings are intended to terrify the damned in Tartarus.
O gracious love of books, which by the grace of baptism transformed the child of Gehenna and nursling of Tartarus into a Son of the Kingdom!