Tartarusn.
/ˈtɑːtərəs/ a. The infernal regions of ancient Greek and Roman mythology, or the lowest part of them; hence sometimes used for hell.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology
helleOE
Acherona1393
the shadows1490
Tartara1525
Tartarus1586
Tartaryc1588
the shades1594
Hades1599
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 218 Spynk, sink wyth stynk ad Tertera Termagorum.]
1586 E. Hoby tr. M. Coignet Polit. Disc. Trueth xxxi. 146 The strange kinde of punishmentes..prepared for the wicked in the gayle of vengeance, which he calleth Tartarus, a place of darkenesse and torments.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxviii. 242 For example, that they [sc. the damned] are in Inferno, in Tartarus, or in the bottomlesse pit.
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iv. 60 Condemned unto the Tartara's of Hell.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 321 The enjoyments of Elysium and punishments of Tartarus.
1895 S. D. F. Salmond Christian Doctr. Immortality i. vii. 146 The incurably corrupt are hurled into Tartarus.
b. A place likened to Tartarus, in situation or character.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [noun] > in classical mythology > place resembling
Tartarus1821
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [noun] > unpleasantness > unpleasant place
galère1756
Tartarus1821
galley1859
hellscape1894
asshole1918
arsehole1926
pisshole1928
shithole1930
shithouse1949
armpit1957
shitbox1966
bumhole1985
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > place of confinement > like hell
Tartarus1821
1821 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater in London Mag. Sept. 303/2 She never emerged from the dismal Tartarus of the kitchens, &c. to the upper air.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxi. 271 The temperature and foulness of air in the between-deck Tartarus can not be amended.
1887–8 tr. Hugo's Notre-Dame viii. ii This Tartarus was called simply The Question Chamber.
Derivatives
ˈTartarus v. (transitive) to consign to Tartarus (representing Greek ταρταροῦν, 2 Peter ii. 4).Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [verb (transitive)] > place in hell
inhell1607
hell1614
Tartarize1675
Tartarus1856
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > cause reprobation [verb (transitive)]
to fordo into or toc950
fordeemc1000
damnc1325
to destroy into or toc1380
reprobatec1451
condemn1489
pretermit1608
Tartarize1675
Tartarus1856
1856 S. R. Maitland False Worship 31 The apostle's statement respecting the sinning Angels is, that, having been tartarus'd,..they have been reserved unto Judgment.
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