"Chaos" meaning in Latin

See Chaos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈkʰa.ɔs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkaː.os] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)bor. Latin Chaos Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:χάος|text=+|title=Chaos|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)bor. Latin Chaos [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵʰeh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "χαῦνος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "χάος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Chaos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Chaos"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Chaon<2>|acc_sg=Chaos|footnote=A genitive plural <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">Chaōrum</i> appears only in very Late to Modern Latin.|nom_sg=Chaos|voc_sg=Chaos}} Chaos n sg (genitive Chaī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Chaos<2.N.sg>|footnote=A genitive plural <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">Chaōrum</i> appears only in very Late to Modern Latin.}} Forms: Chaī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Chaos [nominative, singular], Chaī [genitive, singular], Chaō [dative, singular], Chaos [accusative, singular], Chaō [ablative, singular], Chaos [singular, vocative], chaos [alternative]
  1. the shapeless primordial universe Tags: declension-2, neuter, singular
    Sense id: en-Chaos-la-name-KacpngPe
  2. the Underworld, Hell Tags: declension-2, neuter, singular
    Sense id: en-Chaos-la-name-iugl~L2m Categories (other): Pages with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 22 11 14 11 3 18 10 11 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 5 95 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 5 95 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 4 96 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 29 71

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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