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abyssus

ăbyssus, i, f., = ἄβυσσος (sc. λίμνη).
      • 1 A bottomless pit, an abyss, Isid. Orig. 13, 20.—
      • 2 The sea, Vulg. Gen. 1, 2.—
      • 3 The place of the dead, Orcus, Hades, Vulg. Rom. 10, 7.—
      • 4 Tartarus, hell, where the wicked are confined, Vulg. Luc. 8, 31; ib. Apoc. 9, 1. So in eccl. Lat.

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