Pluto

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Plūto or Plūton, ōnis, m., = Πλούτων,

I the king of the Lower World , the husband of Proserpine , and brother of Jupiter and Neptune , Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66; Hyg. praef.; Verg. A. 7, 327; Juv. 13, 50.— Acc. Gr. Plutona, Hor. C. 2, 14, 7.—Hence,

II Plūtōnĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pluto , Plutonian : et domus exilis Plutonia, i. e. the realms. of death , the Lower Regions , Hor. C. 1, 4, 17.—Subst.: Plūtō-nĭa , ōrum, n. plur., a pestilential district in Asia , Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79.

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