"Erebus" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈɛɹəbəs/ Forms: Erebos [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin Erebus. Doublet of rajas. [Alt: Mount Erebus] Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Erebus}} Latin Erebus, {{doublet|en|rajas}} Doublet of rajas Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Erebus
  1. (Greek mythology) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of darkness and shadow, brother-husband of Nyx and son of Chaos. Tags: Greek
    Sense id: en-Erebus-en-name-BBvOQD0E Categories (other): Greek mythology, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 62 10 29 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (Greek mythology) The dark and gloomy cavern between the earth and Hades; the underworld. Tags: Greek
    Sense id: en-Erebus-en-name-7t3fMrYs Categories (other): Greek mythology, Afterlife, Death Disambiguation of Afterlife: 7 84 9 Disambiguation of Death: 0 100 0 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  3. Ellipsis of Mount Erebus, a volcano in Antarctica, named after HMS Erebus. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: Mount Erebus (extra: a volcano in Antarctica, named after HMS Erebus)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (mythology): إِرِيْبْس (‘irībs) (Arabic), Èreb [masculine] (Catalan), Erebos (Danish), Érèbe [masculine] (French), Έρεβος (Érevos) (Greek), Erebosi (Greenlandic), ᐄᕆᐳᔅ (iiripos) (Inuktitut), Erebus [masculine] (Latin), Эреб (Ereb) [masculine] (Russian), Érebo (Spanish), Ере́б (Eréb) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'mythology': 45 53 2

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [ˈɛ.rɛ.bʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈɛː.re.bus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Erebī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Erebus [nominative, singular], Erebī [genitive, singular], Erebō [dative, singular], Erebum [accusative, singular], Erebō [ablative, singular], Erebe [singular, vocative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|Ἔρεβος}} Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Erebus<2>|g=m}} Erebus m sg (genitive Erebī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Erebus<2>}}
  1. (Greek mythology) Erebus, whose equivalent in Roman mythology is Scotus. Tags: Greek, declension-2, masculine, singular

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Erebus and Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos), the personification of darkness in Greek mythology. Etymology templates: {{bor|mul|la|Erebus}} Latin Erebus, {{bor|mul|grc|Ἔρεβος}} Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Erebus|nogendercat=1}} Erebus f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths. Tags: feminine Hyponyms (genus): Erebus crepuscularis (english: type species)
    Sense id: en-Erebus-mul-name-VvUJEKzL Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Noctuoid moths, Taxonomic names (genus) Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Protostomia (english: infrakingdom), Ecdysozoa (english: superphylum), Arthropoda (english: phylum), Hexapoda (english: subphylum), Insecta [class], Pterygota (english: subclass), Neoptera (english: infraclass), Lepidoptera (english: order), Glossata (english: suborder), Heteroneura (english: infraorder), Ditrysia (english: clade), Cossina (english: section), Bombycina (english: subsection), Noctuoidea (english: superfamily), Erebidae (english: family), Erebinae (english: subfamily), Erebini - tribr

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "english": "superkingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "translation": "superkingdom",
      "word": "Eukaryota"
    },
    {
      "english": "kingdom",
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    {
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      "word": "Neoptera"
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    {
      "english": "order",
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      "translation": "order",
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    },
    {
      "english": "suborder",
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      "translation": "suborder",
      "word": "Glossata"
    },
    {
      "english": "infraorder",
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      "word": "Heteroneura"
    },
    {
      "english": "clade",
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      "word": "Ditrysia"
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    {
      "english": "section",
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      "translation": "section",
      "word": "Cossina"
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    {
      "english": "subsection",
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      "english": "subfamily",
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      "english": "type species",
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    }
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}

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