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Avernus1 definition

Aver·nus (ə vʉr′nəs)

noun

Hades; hell

Etymology: see Avernus

Avernus2 definition

Aver·nus (ə vʉr′nəs)

small lake in an extinct volcano near Naples, Italy, at the edge of which the entrance to Hades was anciently said to be
It. name Averno Aver′·no (ä ver′nō̂)

Etymology: L

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