abyssus

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

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.