I.the Lower World, the abode of the dead, Orcus: Acherunsia templa alta Orci, salvete infera, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Trag. v. 107 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 115; 6, 762: “Minos sedet arbiter Orci,” Prop. 4, 18, 27; Verg. A. 6, 273. —
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A. The god of the infernal regions, Orcus, Pluto: “Orcus recipere ad se hanc noluit,” Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 6: “bene vale, apud Orcum te videbo,” id. As. 3, 3, 16: “ut Verres alter Orcus, venisse Ennam, etc.,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 111: “pallidus,” Verg. G. 1, 277.—
B. Death (mostly poet.): “horriferis accibant vocibus Orcum,” Lucr. 5, 996; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: “Orcum morari,” to hesitate to die, id. C. 3, 27, 50: “rapacis Orci fine destinatā,” id. ib. 2, 18, 30: cum Orco rationem habere, to risk one's life, Varr. R. R. 1, 4: “janua haec Orci,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 1.
