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Orcus

Meaning of "Orcus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ORCUS

ˈɔːkəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORCUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orcus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORCUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Orcus

Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths in Italic and Roman mythology. As with Hades, the name of the god was also used for the underworld itself. In the later tradition, he was conflated with Dis Pater, who was the Roman equivalent of Pluto. Orcus was portrayed in paintings in Etruscan tombs as a hairy, bearded giant. A temple to Orcus may have existed on the Palatine Hill in Rome. It is likely that he was transliterated from the Greek daemon Horkos, the personification of Oaths and a son of Eris.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORCUS

Aristarchus · carcase · carcass · caucus · circus · corcass · cysticercus · Dorcas · ficus · fucus · glaucous · Hipparchus · Leucas · Leukas · Lucas · mucous · mucus · Ophiuchus · raucous · submucous

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORCUS

Orczy · Ord · ordain · ordainable · ordainer · ordainment · ordalian · ordeal · order · order about · order arms · order book · order form · order in council · order mark · order number · Order of Australia · Order of Canada

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORCUS

abacus · arcus · autofocus · cercus · Damascus · depth of focus · discus · flying circus · focus · hibiscus · hocus · hocus-pocus · locus · media circus · out-of-focus · rhoncus · Richthofen´s Flying Circus · Spartacus · staphylococcus · three-ring circus

Synonyms and antonyms of Orcus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Orcus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORCUS

Find out the translation of Orcus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Orcus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Orcus» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

奥喀斯
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Orcus
570 millions of speakers
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English

Orcus
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ओर्कुस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أوركوس
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Орк
278 millions of speakers
pt

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Orcus
270 millions of speakers
bn

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Orcus
260 millions of speakers
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Orcus
220 millions of speakers
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Orcus
190 millions of speakers
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Orcus
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

オルクス
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

Orcus
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Orcus
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Orcus
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஆர்கஸ்
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Marathi

ऑर्कस
75 millions of speakers
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Orcus
70 millions of speakers
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Orcus
65 millions of speakers
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Orcus
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

орк
40 millions of speakers
ro

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Orcus
30 millions of speakers
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Orcus
15 millions of speakers
af

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Orcus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Orcus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Orcus
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORCUS»

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Orcus
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Orcus is the fictional demon prince, and lord of the undead in many campaign settings for the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role-playing game. He is named after Orcus of Roman mythology.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Realms of Beltora Gazetteer
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A Disciple of Orcus gains no new proficiencies with weapons, armors, or shields. Spells per Day: When a new level is gained, a Disciple of Orcus gains new spells per day (and spells known, if applicable) as if  ...
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Greek and Roman Mythology, A to Z
Some scholars believe that Orcus had no individual identity. Others argue from existing evidence that Orcus was the bringer of death, rather than a king of the dead, as was Dis. Orcus was sometimes shown as a reaper, cutting down the corn ...
Kathleen N. Daly, Marian Rengel, 2009
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The Plays of Euripides
Orcus, Apollo. Orcus. Why art thou here ? Why dost thou make this house Thy haunt, Apollo ? Thou dost wrong, again, Th' infernal realms defrauding of their honours, Torn from them, or delayed. Sufficed it not T' have snatched Admetus from ...
Euripides, 2007
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The Critical review, or, Annals of literature
Orcus, Apollo. ' Orcus.'] Why are thou here ? Why dost thou make this house Thy haunt, Apollo ? Thou dost wrong, again Th' infernal realms defrauding of their honours, Torn from them, or delay'd. Sufficed it not . T' have snatch 'd Admetus ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1782
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Australian Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): ...
Orcus australasiae: Mulsant 1850: 468. Orcus australasiae var. quadrinotatus Lea, 1902: 491. TL: Western Australia. bilunulatus (B oisduval) Coccinella bilunulata Boisduval, 1835: 594. TL: Australia. Orcus bilunulatus: Mulsant 1850: 467. citri ...
Adam Slipinski, 2013
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The critical review, or annals of literature
Orcus.] Why art thou here ? Why dost thou make this house Thy haunt, Apollo ? Thou dost wrong, again Th' insernal realms defrauding of their honours, Torn from them, or delay'd. Sussiced it not . ; T' have snatch'd Admetus from his doom, the ...
‎1782
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When Sleep Brings No Rest
Level 8 (2,000 xp) 1 deathpriest of Orcus P (see MM 210) • wearing a cloak of survival so has resist 5 fire and cold 2 crimson acolytes A 1 battle wight W (see MM 262). SET-UP The Room is forty feet square with an exit one side. The priest is ...
Michael Wild
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Lygdamus:
Orcus: in popular belief, Orcus is the spirit which represents death. Not too clearly distinguished from Hell itself, the name sometimes denotes (like "Ai8e<;) the kingdom of the underworld itself, the dwelling-place of the dead. In the funeral ...
Fernando Navarro Antolín, Lygdamus, 1996
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Issues in Astronomy and Astrophysics: 2012 Edition
Spanish. National. Research. Council. (CSIC),. Granada: A. mid-term. astrometric . and. photometric. study. of. trans-Neptunian. object. (90482). Orcus. “From time series CCD observations ofa fixed and large star field that contained the binary ...
‎2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORCUS»

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After Pluto, what's next?
... probes on odysseys across the wine-dark sea of space to such distant worlds as Eris, Makemake, Haumea, Sedna, Quaoar, Orcus and Ixion. «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
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New Horizons' Pluto flyby
Their first planetary discovery was named Eris and others include Makemake, Quaoar, Sedna and Orcus. Some do not yet have names. «Aitkin Independent Age, Jul 15»
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New Horizons is Seeing Signs of Kuiper Belt 'Blood Spatter'
“Looking at Charon, it's kind of the size of objects like Quaoar or Orcus, so from having a very big blank palette in my head about what these ... «Discovery News, Jul 15»
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Our view: We're living in an age of great discovery
Other rocks may meet the definition but haven't been officially approved yet. Some have names: Chaos, Huya, Ixion, Orcus, Quaoar, Sedna, ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
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Pluto and Other Truly Epic Space Photos
Makemake, Quaoar, Haumea, Orcus, and several more objects are smaller but fall into the same general category as Pluto: worlds of ice and ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
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Word Nerd: Orca
Negative connotation has long followed the blackfish as orca shares the same root as Orcus, the Latin word for “Hell,” from which ogre is also ... «Coast Weekend, Jun 15»
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What is the Kuiper Belt?
Quaoar, Makemake, Haumea, Orcus and Eris are all large icy bodies in the Belt. Several of them even have moons of their own. These are all ... «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
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Why I Still Love Pluto
And there are more, with names like Quaoar and Orcus and Sedna and Snow White (don't ask). I spotted each of these oddballs. And each ... «Popular Science, Jun 15»
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Piper Jaffray Significantly Expands Investment Banking Group, Adds …
... a managing member of Majar Advisors LLC which was developing Orcus Spread Networks, a concept for an institutional buy-side focused ... «Business Wire, Jun 15»
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Rival fantasies: Dungeons & Dragons players and their religious …
Since many of these raging demons, such as Orcus, Baphomet and Demogorgon, are drawn from “actual” myths and legends, it's a fitting time ... «The Conversation US, May 15»
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