Orcus

[ awr-kuhs ]

noun

1. the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
2. the ancient Roman underworld; Hades; Dis.

Orcus

/ ˈɔːkəs /

noun

1. another name for Dis

Example Sentences

Some say Orcinus means “of the kingdom of the dead,” a reference to Orcus, a Roman god of the underworld.

From Los Angeles Times

Pluto is the most famous such object, but the Webb could help bring out of obscurity the dwarf planets Haumea, Makemake, Orcus and Sedna.

From Washington Post

He was King of the Dead—not Death himself, whom the Greeks called Thanatos and the Romans, Orcus.

From Literature

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spots sand dunes west of the enigmatic Orcus Patera depression.

From National Geographic

‘I see here you are a legacy, a descendant of Orcus.’

From Literature