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Cōcȳtus (-ŏs ), i, m., = Κωκυτὀς [river of lamentation, from κωκὐω, to howl, weep],
I.a mythic river in the Lower World, Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10; id. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Verg. G. 3, 38; 4, 479; id. A. 6, 132; 6, 297; 6, 323; Hor. C. 2, 14, 18 al.; acc. Gr. Cocyton, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 353; cf. “Heyne,Verg. A. 6 Excurs. IX.—
II. Adj.: Cōcȳtĭus , a, um, of Cocytus: “aqua,Petr. 120, 69; “and Cocytia aequora,Claud. in Rufin. 2, 471: “virgo, i. e. Alecto,Verg. A. 7, 479.
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.132
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.479
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.38
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.17
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.5
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