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Orcus
[ awr-kuhs ]
noun
- the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- the ancient Roman underworld; Hades; Dis.
Orcus
/ ˈɔːkəs /
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And I was beautiful, and I had no love, save for the king, Orcus.
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Has gone blundering down into Orcus and the shark's belly, in that unutterable manner.
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Down with it, man; down with it to Orcus: let the whole accursed edifice sink thither, and tyranny be swallowed up forever!
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Orcus itself can scarcely have a blacker portal than that which yawned for us on our way to the upper floor.
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If you meet the bloodhounds cry: 'Be off, Orcus and Erebus,' and dash the torch in their eyes, and they will not hurt you.
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