Erebus

Definition: Erebus

Erebus

Noun

1. (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Erebus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Etymology: Erebus \Er"e*bus\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek]. (Websters 1913)

Hell

Pluto, Rhadamanthus, Erebus; Tophet.

Crosswords: Erebus

Serbo-Croatian (erebus).

The Road From Erebus (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Erebus (reference)

• Erebus : volcan antarctique (reference)

• Erebus, Child of Chaos (reference)

• Impact Erebus (reference)

• Reflections : Book One of the Erebus Equilibrium (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Looking into the crater of Mt. Erebus The view from a helicopter.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The rim of the crater of Mt. Erebus The view from a helicopter.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A last look at Mount Erebus before heading to the South Pole.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

"The Crater of Erebus, 900 Feet Deep and Half a Mile Wide." In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P.184. Library Call Number G149 S52.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Active volcano Mount Erebus overlooks McMurdo Station.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Entrance to an ice cave at Erebus Glacier tongue.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The entrance to the ice cave at Erebus Glacier tongue.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Ice crystals and icicles at the entrance to the cave at Erebus Glacier tongue.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Blue ice on the inside - red coats on the outside at Erebus Glacier tongue.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Ice spelunker in cave passageway at Erebus Glacier tongue.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "Erebus": Erebus strix. Additional references.

Greek 

έρεβοσ. (various references)

Pig Latin

erebusay

Portuguese

Antes De (before then, Prioress). (various references)

Russian 

Эреб. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

erebus. (various references)

Spanish

Tinieblas Eternas. (various references)

Ukranian 

�'ічна Пітьма, Царство Мертвих. (various references)

Misspellings

"Erebus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eorrabus, Erebor, Eribo, Erribol, kerebos, Leoribus, Nerabus, Rebeuh, Reeburs. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: beers, brees, burse, rebus, reuse, rubes, suber.

-2 letters: beer, bees, bree, burs, rebs, rees, rube, rubs, rues, ruse, seer, sere, suer, sure, urbs, user.

-3 letters: bee, bur, bus, ere, ers, reb, ree, res, rub, rue, see, ser, sub, sue, urb, use.

-4 letters: be, er, es, re, us.

+1 letter: becurse, burgees, burseed, embrues, rebukes, rebuses, subsere.

+2 letters: auberges, bebeerus, becursed, becurses, berceuse, bluesier, bourrees, burettes, burseeds, burweeds, busheler, debruise, embrutes, rebukers, reburies, reusable, subbreed, suberect, suberise, suberize, suberose, subgenre, submerge, submerse, subseres, subserve, superber, tuberose.

+3 letters: arabesque, barbecues, barbeques, becrusted, befoulers, begrudges, beguilers, berceuses, bescoured, blustered, blusterer, bourtrees, brunettes, budgeters, buffeters, buggeries, burdeners, burgesses, burlesque, bushelers, butleries, butteries, cerebrums, cumberers, dauberies, debruised, debruises, debuggers, debunkers, embrasure, encumbers, greenbugs, lumberers, numberers, outbreeds, puberties, purebreds, rebutters, redoubles, reedbucks, reimburse, renumbers, rescuable, resoluble, rudesbies, slubbered, slumbered, slumberer, soubrette, subbreeds, subcenter, suberised, suberises, suberized, suberizes, subgenera, subgenres, submerged, submerges, submersed, submerses, subseries, subserved, subserves, subverted, subverter, superable, superbest, tenebrous, trueblues, tubercles, tuberoses, umbrettes, upbearers.

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