Cocytus
Encyclopedia Britannica
COCYTUS, a tributary of the Acheron, a river of Thesprotia, which flows into the Ionian Sea. Its modern name is the Vuvo, The name is also applied, in classical mythology, to a tributary of the Acheron, a river in Hades. The etymology suggested is from κωκ√∈ιv, to wail.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 6, p. 103
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