Avernus
11Avernus — Avernal, adj. /euh verr neuhs/, n. 1. a lake near Naples, Italy, looked upon in ancient times as an entrance to hell, from whose waters vile smelling vapors arose, supposedly killing birds flying over it. 2. hell. [ < L < Gk áornos birdless,… …
12Avernus — noun Hell. The underworld …
13AVERNUS — a deep lake in Italy, near Naples, 1½ m. in circumference, occupying the crater of an extinct volcano, at one time surrounded by a dark wood, and conceived, from its gloomy appearance, as well as from the mephitic vapours it exhaled, to be the …
14Avernus — n. lake near Naples (Italy) …
15avernus — n. hell …
16avernus — n. (Mythol.) Hell, Tartarus, Hades, Erebus, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below …
17Avernus — A•ver•nus [[t]əˈvɜr nəs[/t]] n. 1) myt geg a lake in the caldera of a volcano near Naples, Italy, regarded in ancient times as the entrance to the underworld 2) myt the underworld A•ver′nal, adj …
18Avernus — /əˈvɜnəs/ (say uh vernuhs) noun a lake near Naples, Italy, looked upon by the ancients as an entrance to hell, from whose waters vile smelling vapours arose, supposedly killing birds over it. Also, Averno. {Latin, from Greek a 6 + ornis bird} …
19Avernus, Lake — or Italian Lago d Averno geographical name lake S Italy in crater of extinct volcano W of Naples …
20Lake Avernus — Infobox lake lake name = Lake Avernus image lake = LaveAvernusCurran.jpg caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Campania coords = coord|40|50|18|N|14|04|30|E|region:IT type:waterbody source:frwiki|display=inline,title… …
