Avernus

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  1. The entrance to Hell or the underworld, or the underworld itself.
    — His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme: Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts. To pull the triple headed dog from hell.
  2. A lake in Southern Italy.
    — I perceive the Lake Avernus, an extinguished volcano, whose waves once inspired terror.

词源

From Latin Avernus, from Ancient Greek ἄορνος (áornos), ἄϝορνος (áwornos, “birdless”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”). The lack of birds was likely due to fatal gases like carbon dioxide seeping from the volcanically active lake.
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