Averno
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Averno
from Latin, from Greek aornos without birds, from a- 1 + ornis bird; referring to the legend that the lake's sulphurous exhalations killed birds
Example Sentences
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Paul Daniel conducts the initial performances, with Barbara Hannigan and Kerstin Averno sharing the title role.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2012
Do you intend to restrict the family to the back stairs, which by your showing are, like the famous descensus Averno, wonderfully easy to go down, but mighty hard to get up again?
From Homes and How to Make Them by Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence)
"Facilis descensus Averno" is the motto over its downward path.
From Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice by James F. Morton. Jr.
Tuesday the 17th the Committee had arranged an excursion to Lake Averno, the Temple of Serapis, and other places famous in a geological and historical respect, situated to the north-west of Naples.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
The motto, "Facilis descensus Averno," etc, epitomises the whole story.
From Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
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