Meanings
proper nounKokytos or the Kokytos
- alternativeAlternative form of Cocytus.
The Greeks believed that Hades was beneath the earth. It had five rivers—the Acheron, the Kokytos, the Lethe, the Pyriphlegethon, and the Styx. Each served as a boundary between the land of the living and the land of the dead.
1974, C[ovington] Scott Littleton, “Hades”, in The World Book Encyclopedia, volume 9 (H), Chicago, Ill.: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, →ISBN, page 4, column 2
Origin
- Ancient GreekΚωκῡτός
- EnglishKokytos
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κωκῡτός (Kōkūtós).
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APA
Kokytos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kokytos
MLA
“Kokytos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kokytos. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kokytos,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kokytos.
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