Tartarus

Meaning

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.
  • Any hellish place; a dark gloomy chasm or pit.

Origin

  • From Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος.

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