hades
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
/ˈheɪdiːz/
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/ˈheɪdiːz/ · /ˈhadiːz/
Definition of hades
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
name
- (Greek)The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
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name
- (Greek)The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
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(Greek)The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
“I have just returned from a visit to Hades, and I had a devilishly good time. […] To the ancients, Hades was the great underworld on the River Styx described so graphically by Homer in the “Odyssey.” Even today, visitors follow the same directions to get to Hades as those recited for Ulysses by the blind poet 3,000 years ago.”
- In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.
- Hell.
- (specifically)Hell.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs).
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