barathri
Dictionary entries
- Entry →barathrum, barathri:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
abyss, chasm, pit; the infernal region, the underworld;
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...volucri primam suspendit Olympo horrendum chaos ostendens poenasque barathri. mox etiam pavidae temptantem vincula matris solvere praerupti Vulcanum..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fratres, generis consortia ferro dissiliant. da, Tartarei regina barathri, quod cupiam uidisse nefas, nec tarda sequetur mens iuuenum..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus rursusque..."