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Cocytos

Cocytos is the alternative form of Cocytus.

Meaning of Cocytus

Proper noun

Cocytus or the Cocytus

  1. A river of the underworld in Greek mythology.
    • By the Stigiall flode, / And the stremes wode / Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 349...

Origin of Cocytos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κωκῡτός (Kōkūtós).

Questions about Cocytos

What is Cocytos the alternative form of?
Cocytos is the alternative form of Cocytus.

Words near Cocytos in the dictionary

  1. cocyclic
  2. cocyclical
  3. cocyclomatic
  4. Cocytean
  5. Cocytian
  6. Cocytos
  7. Cocytus
  8. cod
  9. cod end
  10. cod ends
  11. cod Latin

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