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What does Avernus mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Avernus? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A lake in Southern Italy.
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Of which lesson her own history is a part, and her habitation by the Avernus lake.
Arriving at Cumae, he grasps the golden bough that grows among the woods of Avernus and descends to the Underworld.
In the Avernus, the desperate squanderers and the avaricious blaspheme Divinity, they curse and fight each other and submerge themselves into terrifying desperation.
There was a volcanic lake near Cumae called Avernus, whose waters gave out sulphureous vapours.
On arrival at the Pleasance Theatre, attendees will be escorted to a nearby location – supposedly the headquarters of the shadowy Avernus Institute, experts in genetic research.
According to the Roman poet Virgil, the entrance to the underworld can be found near Lake Avernus, outside Naples.

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