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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One of the five rivers of Hades.

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  • noun (Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron

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  • The Hebrew word, which St. Jerome has here rendered by the name Cocytus, (which the poets represent as a river in hell,) signifies a valley or a torrent: and in this place, is taken for the low region of death and hell: which willingly, as it were, receives the wicked at their death: who are ushered in by innumerable others that have gone before them; and are followed by multitudes above number.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous

  • The Hebrew word, which St. Jerome has here rendered by the name Cocytus, (which the poets represent as a river in hell,) signifies a valley or a torrent: and in this place, is taken for the low region of death and hell: which willingly, as it were, receives the wicked at their death: who are ushered in by innumerable others that have gone before them; and are followed by multitudes above number.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous

  • The Hebrew word, which St. Jerome has here rendered by the name Cocytus, (which the poets represent as a river in hell,) signifies a valley or a torrent: and in this place, is taken for the low region of death and hell: which willingly, as it were, receives the wicked at their death: who are ushered in by innumerable others that have gone before them; and are followed by multitudes above number.

    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision

  • _Table Talk_, July 23, 1827.] [352] [Caïna is the first belt of Cocytus, that is, circle ix. of the

    The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • Now, granted, gNAW will get the rights to do a Teennuts manga when Hell freezes over (I mean the other parts, not Cocytus), so if your reaction matches that of quixoticals, you can just chillax cuz it ain't gonna happen anyway.

    C'mon, Tell Me This Isn't Awesome 2008

  • Emerging from Cocytus dark and from Tartarus murky

    Satyricon 2007

  • Whom Cocytus 'deepest abysses obey, if to forecast

    Satyricon 2007

  • The Blockbuster Video-sponsored circle, located in Nether Hell between the former eighth and ninth levels of Malebolge and Cocytus, is expected to greatly alleviate the overcrowding problems that have plagued the infernal underworld in recent years.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Fred 2007

  • Those that had done well, went to the elysian fields, but evil doers to Cocytus, and to that burning lake of [6399] hell with fire, and brimstone for ever to be tormented.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Deep cloven, and Cocytus churns there his current; the vapor

    Satyricon 2007

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