Cocytus

Cōcytus ( -ŏs ), i, m., = Kôkutos [river of lamentation, from kôkuô, to howl, weep], 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.: Cōcytĭus, a, um, of Cocytus:

aqua,

Petr. 120, 69;

and Cocytia aequora,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 471:

virgo, i. e. Alecto,

Verg. A. 7, 479.