Cocytus

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, “lamentation”).

Proper noun

Cocytus

A river of the underworld in Greek mythology.
- 1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 349, lines 1327–1329:
  By the Stigiall flode, / And the stremes wode / Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]
- 1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 143, lines 686–687:
  All theſe Cocytus bounds vvith ſqualid Reeds, / VVith Muddy Ditches, and vvith deadly VVeeds: […]

Coordinate terms

Acheron, Eridanos, Lethe, Phlegethon, Styx

Derived terms

Cocytean, Cocytian

Translations

river of the underworld

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: Cocit m
Dutch: Cocytus m
Finnish: Kokytos
French: Cocyte (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Kokytos m
Greek:
Ancient: Κωκυτός m (Kōkutós)
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
Italian: Cocito m
Polish: Kocyt (pl) m, Kokytos (pl) m
Russian: Коци́т (ru) (Kocít), Коки́тос (ru) m (Kokítos)
Spanish: Cocito m

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós).

Proper noun

Cocytus m

(Greek mythology) Cocytus (river in Hades)

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