Cocytos

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A form of Cocytus — A river of the underworld in Greek mythology.

OriginAncient Greek Κωκῡτός →
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Meanings

proper nounCocytos or the Cocytos
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Cocytus.
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    A mile of this, and on the right, a small river — the Cocytos — joined the Acheron. […] Soon after we passed the Cocytos, the narrowness of the river and the speed of the current forced us to abandon the good ship Aghios Spyridon, step ashore and to make the remainder of the pilgrimage — about a mile — on foot.

    1971 March 7, Marcus Brooke, “To Hades and Back (Hic) With Homer’s Help”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2024

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΚωκῡτός
  2. EnglishCocytos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κωκῡτός (Kōkūtós).

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APA

Cocytos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cocytos

MLA

“Cocytos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cocytos. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cocytos,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cocytos.

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