Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers
Section V. Religious Affections
1. Superhuman Beings and Regions
982. Hell.
NOUN:
HELL, bottomless pit, place of torment; habitation of fallen angels; Pandemonium, Abaddon, Domdaniel; jahannan [Hind.], Sheol.
hell fire; everlasting -fire, - torment; lake of fire and brimstone; fire that is never quenched, worm that never dies.
purgatory, limbo, gehenna, abyss, Tophet.
[MYTHOLOGICAL HELL] Tartarus, Hades, Avernus, Styx, Stygian creek, pit of Acheron, Cocytus; infernal regions, inferno, shades below, realms of Pluto. Pluto, Rhadamanthus, Erebus, Charon, Cerberus; Persephone, Proserpina or Proserpine; Minos, Osiris.
RIVERS OF HELL: Styx, Acheron, Cocytus, Phlegethon, Lethe.
ADJECTIVE:
HELLISH, infernal, stygian.
QUOTATIONS:
Dies iræ dies illa.
The hue of dungeons and the scowl of night.—Love’s Labor’s Lost
Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire Cast on the Darkness.—Omar Khayyám—Fitzgerald
