Orcus

See also: orcus

English

Etymology

From Latin Orcus. Doublet of ogre and orc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːrkəs/

Proper noun

Orcus

2. (Roman mythology) The Etruscan and Roman god of the underworld.

   Coordinate terms: Hades, Pluto

   • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:

     Then ſhall our footmen lie within the trench,
     And with their Cannons mouth’d like Orcus gulfe
     Batter the wales, and we will enter in:
     And thus the Grecians ſhalbe conquered.

4. (astronomy) A plutino and planetoid, possibly a dwarf planet; sometimes referred to as the “anti-Pluto”.

   Hypernym: plutino

Synonyms

• (celestial body): 🝿

Translations

god

Chinese: Mandarin: 俄耳枯斯 (É'ěrkūsī) Esperanto: Orko (eo) French: Orcus (fr) Polish: Orkus (pl) m Russian: О́ркус m (Órkus) Spanish: orco (es) m

dwarf planet

Chinese: Mandarin: 亡神星 (zh) (Wángshénxīng) Esperanto: Orko (eo) French: Orcus (fr) Polish: Orkus (pl) m Russian: Орк (ru) f (Ork) Spanish: Orcus m

See also

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna

Further reading

• Orcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 90482 Orcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• cours, scour, sucro-