different between abyss vs barathrum

English

Alternative forms

• abysm, abime

Etymology

From Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (ábussos, “bottomless”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ?????? (bussós, “deep place”), from ????? (buthós, “deep place”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?s/, /æ?b?s/, enPR: ?-b?s'
• Rhymes: -?s
• Hyphenation: a?byss

Noun

abyss (plural abysses)

1. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (frequently figuratively) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
3. Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
4. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.

5. An impending catastrophic happening.
6. (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.
7. (oceanography) The abyssal zone.
8. (figuratively) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

Usage notes

• (impending catastrophic happening): It is typically preceded by the word the.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:abyss.

Synonyms

• (difference): gulf

Derived terms

Related terms

• abysmal

Translations

References

Anagrams

• bassy

English

Etymology

From Latin barathrum, from Ancient Greek ???????? (bárathron).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ba?????m/

Noun

barathrum (plural barathrums)

1. A pit, especially one at Athens into which criminals were thrown.
2. The abyss, hell.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (bárathron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ba.ra.t?rum/, [?bä?ät??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ba.ra.trum/, [?b????t??um]

Noun

barathrum n (genitive barathr?); second declension

1. chasm, pit
2. abyss, the lower world, hell
3. (by humorous extension) maw, belly

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• Albanian: ballandër
• Italian: baratro
• Portuguese: báratro
• Spanish: báratro

References

• barathrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• barathrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• barathrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette