ăbyssus, i, f., = ἄβυσσος (sc. λίμνη).
1 A bottomless pit , an abyss , Isid. Orig. 13, 20.—
2 The sea , Vulg. Gen. 1, 2.—
3 The place of the dead , Orcus , Hades , Vulg. Rom. 10, 7.—
4 Tartarus , hell , where the wicked are confined, Vulg. Luc. 8, 31; ib. Apoc. 9, 1. So in eccl. Lat.