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Tartareus

Tartareus, of the infernal regions, Tartarean, infernal

1 Tartareus [CL], of the underworld or hell, infernal. Lerneum anguem ‥ dirum fuisse spiramine et ~eo nocivum veneno Lib. Monstr. III 1; 944 (12c) tetra raptus acie ~eas ducatur ad penas CS 796; ob illius prevaricationem ~ea pena rependitur J. Furness Kentig. 2 p. 164; ignes tertareos penas perpende futura D. Bec. 284; in ~eas tenebras perpetuasque gehenne flammas presumptuosa superbia ‥ precipitavit Gir. Spec. IV 98; c1440 dum sue innocencie puritas, ne in lucem prodire valeat, tartario fimo cotidiane fornacis defuscatur FormOx 465.
2 Tartareus [2 Tartarus+-eus] 1 (as sb.) Tartar. Coresminos abigunt feritate lupinos / sevi Tartarei quos movet ira Dei Garl. Tri. Eccl. 25. 2 of the Tartars or Tartary. panditur ex aquilone malum, quod Tartara mittunt / Tartaream gentem ‥ / ‥ / ensis Tartareus nostrum scelus expiat Garl. Tri. Eccl. 107. 3 (pannus ~eus) sort of rich (silken) cloth imported from the East, ‘tartare’, ‘tartarin’ (cf. tartarinus, 2 Tartarus 2). 1289 quandam cameram de panno ~eo CalCl 20; 1330 ad unum hernes’ cum baner’ et penocell’ pro corpore regis et uno dextrario pro turniament’ faciendum, xiiij ulnas panni tartar’ purpurei ‥ et unam peciam de Ailesham glauc’ KR Ac 385/4.

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