Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cocytus

/koʊˈsaɪtəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: co-cy-tus
IPA: /koʊˈsaɪtəs/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river of the underworld in Greek mythology.

Example Sentences

"By the Stigiall flode, / And the stremes wode / Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]"
"A bold bad man, that dar'd to call by name / Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead night, / At which Cocytus quakes and Styx is put to flight."
"All theſe Cocytus bounds vvith ſqualid Reeds, / VVith Muddy Ditches, and vvith deadly VVeeds: […]"
"Ms. [Carol] Orlock uses her sensuous pictorial imagination to advantage in rendering the chilling underworld landscapes, where we embark as if on an eerie pleasure cruise down the Cocytus."
"In fact, the demonic quality of the episode of Ugolino, in the spectacular representation of cannibalism as well as in the veil through which Ugolino’s story is perceived, is the very demonicity of Cocytus at large."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, literally “lamentation”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Κωκυτός

Inflected Forms

the Cocytus (canonical) Cocytos (alternative) Kokytos (alternative)

Derived Forms

Cocytean Cocytian

Frequently Paired Words

Acheron Eridanus Lethe Phlegethon Styx Antenora Ptolomea Caina

Questions

How do you pronounce cocytus?: The recorded pronunciation is /koʊˈsaɪtəs/.
What does cocytus mean?: A river of the underworld in Greek mythology.
Where does cocytus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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