About The Word Tartarus
Learn about the word Tartarus to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Tartarus definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Tartarus
| Tartarus Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Tartarus?
[n] a place where the wicked are punished after death
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tartarus: Gehenna Related Terms | Find terms related to Tartarus: See Also | Hell | infernal region | Inferno | nether region | perdition | the pit Tartarus In Webster's Dictionary \Tar"ta*rus\, n. [L., from Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as
far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later
writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the
wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used
synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Establish ‐ use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"…
- Step- ‐ any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation…
- Moisturise ‐ make (more) humid; "We have a machine that humidifies the air…
- Electric receptacle ‐ receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current…
- Jumping bean ‐ seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the…
- White dog's-tooth violet ‐ North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow…
- Lazuli ‐ an azure blue…
- Candlepower ‐ luminous intensity measured…
- Brain-fag ‐ exhaustion that affects…
- Adenium ‐ 1 species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa…