to eat hell 1 realization
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Ancient Greek
lexeme 1 χαίνω
lexeme 2 χάος
meaning 1 to gape, to open wide
direction
meaning 2 the primordial state of existence;he nether abyss, infinite darkness, joined with Ἔρεβος (in afterworld)
reference LSJ
comment This is the meaning the word χάος has in the pseudoplatonic dialogue «Axiochus»: «Тех же, чья жизнь была истерзана злодеяниями, Эринии ведут через Тартар к Эребу и Хаосу, в обитель нечестивцев…» («Those whose life was racked with evil doings, will be taken by the Eumenides via Tartarus to Erebus and Chaos, where the evildoers dwell…»). χαίνω late present of χαίνω to yawn, to gape, to open wide