[ˈkʰa.ɔs], [ˈkaː.os]
OriginBorrowed from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).
- alt-of, declension-2, neuter, singularalternative letter-case form of Chaos
- declension-2, neuter, singulara chasm
“et in his omnibus inter nos et vos chaos magnum firmatum est ut hi qui volunt hinc transire ad vos, non possint, neque inde huc transmeare.” — And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you, cannot, nor from thence come hither.
- declension-2, neuter, singularthe shapeless primordial universe
“Ante mare et terrās et quod tegit omnia caelum
ūnus erat tōtō nātūrae vultus in orbe,
quem dīxēre chaos: rudis indīgestaque mōlēs
nec quicquam nisi pondus iners congestaque eōdem” — Before the sea and the lands and the sky that covers over all things,
there was one face of nature in the whole world,
which they called chaos: a raw and unorganized mass,
and nothing if not an inert
- declension-2, neuter, singularthe Underworld, Hell
Formschaī(genitive) · chaos(nominative, singular) · chaī(genitive, singular) · chaō(dative, singular) · chaos(accusative, singular) · chaō(ablative, singular) · chaos(singular, vocative) · Chaī(genitive) · Chaos(nominative, singular) · Chaī(genitive, singular) · Chaō(dative, singular) · Chaos(accusative, singular) · Chaō(ablative, singular) · Chaos(singular, vocative) · chaos(alternative)
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