"Orcus" meaning in Latin

See Orcus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Orce [singular, vocative], Orcum [singular, accusative], Orcī [singular, genitive], Orcō [singular, dative], Orcō [singular, ablative]
  1. Divinité infernale, assimilée à Pluton.
    Sense id: fr-Orcus-la-name-GZIA29NN Categories (other): Lexique en latin de la religion Topics: religion
  2. Les enfers, la mort. Tags: metonymically
    Sense id: fr-Orcus-la-name-GtWNalBh Categories (other): Métonymies en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Pluto, funus, letum, mors, obitus, 🝿 Derived forms: orcinianus, orcinus Related terms: orca
Categories (other): Latin

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      "translation": "de Pluton",
      "word": "orcinianus"
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      "translation": "qui a trait à la mort",
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    "Apparenté ^([1]) au grec ancien ἕρκος, erkos et au latin urgeo : Orcum quem dicimus, ait Verrius ab antiquis dictum uragum — (Festus), soit proprement « celui qui presse, qui confine ».",
    "De même radical ^([2]) que arca : formé sur la racine indo-européenne **H₂or-k- (« contenir »), Orcus étant une divinité « conçue comme un énorme vase recevant les âmes des morts »."
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      "translation": "tonneau, jarre",
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          "translation": "avoir à compter avec l’enfer, avoir affaire à Pluton."
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      "word": "letum"
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      "word": "mors"
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      "word": "obitus"
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    "De même radical ^([2]) que arca : formé sur la racine indo-européenne **H₂or-k- (« contenir »), Orcus étant une divinité « conçue comme un énorme vase recevant les âmes des morts »."
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        {
          "text": "ad Orcum mittere.",
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      "word": "Pluto"
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      "word": "funus"
    },
    {
      "word": "letum"
    },
    {
      "word": "mors"
    },
    {
      "word": "obitus"
    },
    {
      "word": "🝿"
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