Tartarus

Tartărus or -os, i, m., in plur. (on prosodial grounds): Tartăra, ōrum, n., = Τάρταρος, plur. Τάρταρα,

• the infernal regions, Tartarus (poet.; in prose, inferi); sing., Lucr. 3, 1012; Verg. A. 6, 577; Hor. C. 3, 7, 17; Stat. S. 2, 7, 116; plur., Lucr. 3, 42; 3, 966; 5, 1126; Verg. A. 4, 243; 6, 135; Hor. C. 1, 28, 10; Ov. M. 1, 113; 5, 371; 5, 423; 10, 21 et saep. al.—Personified: Tartarus pater, i.e. Pluto, Val. Fl. 4, 258.—Hence,
• • A Tartărĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the infernal regions, Tartarean, infernal: tenebrica plaga, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: antrum, i.e. the infernal regions, Luc. 6, 712: umbrae, Ov. M. 6, 676; 12, 257: custos, i.e. Cerberus, Verg. A. 6, 395: Acheron, id. ib. 6, 295: Phlegethon, id. ib. 6, 551: sorores, i.e. the Furies, id. ib. 7, 328; Stat. Th. 5, 66; hence, vox Alectus, Verg. A. 7, 514.—
  • B Tartărĭnus, a, um, adj., Tartarean, infernal; poet. for horrid, terrible: Tartarino cum dixit Ennius, horrendo et terribili Verrius vult accipi, a Tartaro, qui locus apud inferos, Fest. p. 359 Müll.: corpore Tartarino prognata Paluda virago, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, 37 ib.—Trop.: delator, Amm.15, 6, 1.

Tartărus, i, m.,

• a river of Italy, now Tariaro, Tac. H. 3, 9.

Tartarus, u. -os ī, m. u. Plur. Tartara, ōrum, n. (Τάρταρος, Plur. Τάρταρα), die Unterwelt, das Reich der Toten, der Tartarus, Sing., Lucr. 3, 1010. Verg. Aen. 6, 577 u.a.: Plur., Lucr. 3, 42. Verg. Aen. 4, 243 u.a. – personif., Tartarus pater, Pluto, Val. Flacc. 4, 258. – Dav.: A) Tartareus, a, um, zum Tartarus gehörig, tartarëisch, unterirdisch, Iuppiter, v. Pluto, Val. Flacc.: ders. deus, Ov.: custos, v. Zerberus, Verg.: sorores, v. den Furien, Verg.: umbrae, Ov. – poet. = schrecklich, furchtbar, specus, Phaedr.: nox, Val. Flacc.: vox (der Furie), Verg. – B) Tartarinus, a, um, tartarusartig, poet. = schrecklich, furchtbar, corpus, Enn. ann. 521; vgl. Fest. 359 (b), 25.

1 Tartarus [CL], ~a [CLpl.], (myth.) infernal regions or the lowest part of them, Tartarus; b (applied to Christian hell). penetrant erebi sub tristia nigri / Tartara Plutonis plangentes ignea regis Bonif. Aen. (Justitia) 73; sciendum est infernum dividi in duas partes, in ~um et elisium. ‥ vita autem malorum ~us, id est infernus quasi inferior Bern. Comm. Aen. 106.  b ob amissionem tantae multitudinis quae cotidie prona ruit ad ~a Gildas EB 41; quia videret inferos apertos et Satanam demersum in profundis ~i Bede HE V 14 p. 314; 949 miserorum corda in cupiditate lasciviaque enerviter dissolvat secumque cabeata ad ~a ducat CS 880; qui in virtute crucis mundum [purgavit] / Tartara disrupit claustra celestia a[peruit] / et omnibus dedit pac[em] fidelibus sa[lutem] AS Inscr. 7; idem filius gehenne ‥ aquis suffocatus ad ~a descendit J. Furness Kentig. 28 p. 212; Greci [sc. excommunicati] ‥ se ~is jam federaverunt Chr. Peterb. 63; hic ~us, -i, helle WW.

2 Tartarus [cf. OF tartaire, ME tartar, assoc. w. 1 Tartarus] 1 Tartar (first applied to those who overran much of Asia and Eastern Europe led by Ghenghiz Khan and then used more vaguely to refer to inhabitants of central Asia). in hac [epistula Ivonis] Tattari vel Tatari nuncupantur M. Par. Maj. IV 270; 1243 ipsa gens memorata que Tattari nuncupatur ‥ dictum oppidum ‥ obsedit (Lit. Ivonis Narb.) Ib. IV 272; hi borealem plagam inhabitantes vel ex Caspiis montibus vel ex vicinis dicti ~i, a Tar flumine Ib. III 488; 1261 providendo contra feritatem ~orum Cl 481; 1290 pro expensis domini Buskerell’ nuncii solempnis Aragon regis ~orum (AcWardr) Chanc. Misc. 4/5 f. 4; 1307 serenissimo principi domino ~orum imperatori potentissimo Edwardus ‥ cum salute Foed. III 34; multi sperabant de conversione ~orum barbarorum in eodem concilio Ann. Lond. 83; qui suo ipsorum idiomate Muselmanni, Magier, Czechi, Besermanni dicuntur, ab Europeis omnibus Turce, Hungari, Bohemi et ~i nuncupantur Camd. Br. 26. 2 (as sb.) sort of rich (silken) cloth imported from the East, ‘tartare’, ‘tartarin’ (cf. tarsensis, 2 Tartareus, tartarinus). 1462 duas particulas panni serici, viz. unam de viridi tartorum ‥ et alteram de russett tartorum MunAcOx 692; deliberavit ad decorandum magnum altare quatuor cortinas de duplici ~a blavii coloris Bannatyne Misc. II 26.

Tartărus (11) et Tartărŏs, ī, m. , Lucr. 3, 1012 ; Virg. En. 6, 577 ; et Tartăra, ōrum, n. , Lucr. 3, 42 ; Virg. En. 4, 243, (Τάρταρος, Τάρταρα), le Tartare, les Enfers ; Tartarus pater Val. Flacc. 4, 258, Pluton || -ărĕus, a, um, du Tartare, des Enfers : [poet.] Cic. Tusc. 2, 22 ; Virg. En. 6, 395 || infernal = effrayant, horrible : Virg. En. 7, 514.

*tartarus, a, um. adj.
满州國者。匈奴國者。

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tartarus vel tartaros, i. m.
地獄之底。地名。Pater Tartarus 閏王。

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Ta'rtarus

(Τάρταρος), a son of Aether and Ge, and by his mother Ge the father of the Gigantes, Typhoeus and Echidna. (Hygin. Praef. p. 3, &c., Fab. 152 ; Hes. Theog. 821 ; Apollod. 2.1.2.) In the Iliad Tartarus is a place far below the earth, as far below Hades as Heaven is above the earth, and closed by iron gates. (Hom. 2.8.13 &c., 481; comp. Hes. Theog. 807.) Later poets describe Tartarus as the place in the lower world in which the spirits of wicked men are punished for their crimes, and sometimes they use the name as synonymous with Hades or the lower world in general; and pater Tartarus is used for Pluto. (V. Fl. 4.258.) [L.S]

TARTARUS

TA´RTARUS (Tartaro), a river of Venetia, near the borders of Gallia Transpadana. It is intermediate mediate between the Athesis (Adige) and the Padus (Po); and its waters are now led aside by artificial canals partly into the one river and partly into the other, so that it may be called indifferently a tributary butary of either. In ancient times it seems to have had a recognised mouth of its own, though this was even then wholly artificial, so that Pliny calls it the fossiones Philistinae, quod alii Tartarum vocant.( Plin. Nat. 3.16. s. 20.) In the upper part of its course it formed, as it still does, extensive marshes, of which Caecina, the general of Vitellius, skilfully availed himself to cover his position near Hostilia. (Tac. Hist. 3.9.) The river is here still called the Tartaro: lower down it assumes the name of Canal Bianco, and after passing the town of Adria, and sending off part of its waters right and left into the Po and Adige, discharges the rest by the channel now known as the Po di Levante. The river Atrianus (Ἀτριανὸς ποταμός), mentioned by Ptolemy (Ptol. 3.16.20), could be no other than the mouth of the Tartarus, so called from its flowing by the city of Adria; but the channels of these waters have in all ages been changing.

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Tartărus

(Τάρταρος). Son of Aether and Gaea, and by his mother Gaea the father of the Gigantes, Typhoeus, and Echidna. In the Iliad, Tartarus is a place beneath the earth, as far below Hades as Heaven is above the earth, and closed by iron gates. Later poets use the name as synonymous with Hades. See Hades.

Tartarus Tartarus, a gloomy place in Hades

• Apollod. 1.1.2, Apollod. 1.1.4, Apollod. 1.2.1
• father of Typhon: Apollod. 1.6.2
• father of Echidna: Apollod. 2.1.1
• Zeus would hurl Apollo to: Apollod. 3.10.3
• born after Chaos: Paus. 9.27.2
• the Titans in: Paus. 8.37.4