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Date "AVERNUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | AVERNUS, n. The lake by which the ancients entered the infernal regions. The fact that access to the infernal regions was obtained by a lake is believed by the learned Marcus Ansello Scrutator to have suggested the Christian rite of baptism by immersion. This, however, has been shown by Lactantius to be an error. Facilis descensus Averni, The poet remarks; and the sense Of it is that when down-hill I turn I Will get more of punches than pence. Jehal Dai Lupe B. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Literature | Avernus (Greek, a-ornis, "without a bird"). A lake in Campania, so called from the belief that its sulphurous and mephitic vapours killed any bird that happened to inhale them. Poets call it the entrance to the infernal regions; hence the proverb, The descent to Avernus is easy, but coming back again is quite another matter, meaning that all bad habits are easily acquired, but very hard to be abandoned. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Hell | Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, Styx, Stygian creek, pit of Acheron, Cocytus; infernal regions, inferno, shades below, realms of Pluto. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AVERNUS |
| English words defined with "AVERNUS": Avernian. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AVERNUS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (Avernus). |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
avernus | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "AVERNUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Esperanto | Averno. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | avernusay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Avernus. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-n-r-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: naevus, ravens, suaver. | |
-2 letters: aures, avens, avers, earns, nares, naves, nears, nevus, nurse, raven, raves, runes, saner, saver, snare, suave, urase, ureas, ursae, usnea, uveas, vanes, varus. | |
-3 letters: anes, anus, ares, arse, aver, aves, earn, ears, eras, erns, nave, near, rase, rave, revs, rues, rune, runs, ruse, sane, save, sear, sera, suer, sura. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-n-r-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: parvenus, ravenous, unravels, vaunters. | |
+2 letters: cavernous, maneuvers, parvenues, supernova, universal. | |
+3 letters: adenovirus, adventures, endeavours, incurvates, manoeuvres, ravenously, supernovae, supernovas, survivance, transvalue, universals, unravished, vanquisher. | |
+4 letters: adventurers, adventuress, adventurism, adventurist, adventurous, aventurines, cavernously, intravenous, maneuverers, mavourneens, overanxious, oversaucing, purveyances, rejuvenates, subinterval, surveillant, survivances, transvalued, transvalues, unassertive, undervalues, unharvested, universally, unobservant, untraversed, unvarnished, vanquishers, variousness, vernaculars, voluntaries, vulcanizers, vulneraries. | |
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