Orcus

[ awr-kuh s ]

/ ˈɔr kəs /

noun

the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.

the ancient Roman underworld; Hades; Dis.

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Examples from the Web for orcus

An important natural enemy of this scale is the steel-blue ladybird beetle (Orcus chalybus), introduced from Australia.
Garden Pests in New Zealand|D. Miller
Orcus was Graecised as Plutus, but was himself totally without personality.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People|W. Warde Fowler
One may bring the greatest and most marvellous thing to perfection; it must yet go down to Orcus unhonoured and unsung.
Thoughts Out of Season (Part II)|Friedrich Nietzsche
Down with it, man: down with it to Orcus: let the whole accursed edifice sink thither, and tyranny be swallowed up for ever!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Vol. 54, No. 333, July 1843|Various

Has gone blundering down into Orcus and the shark's belly, in that unutterable manner.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for orcus

Orcus

/ (ˈɔːkəs) /

noun

another name for Dis (def. 1)

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