before vowels thanat-, word-forming element meaning "death," from Greek thanatos "death," from PIE *dhwene- "to disappear, die," perhaps from a root meaning "dark, cloudy" (compare Sanskrit dhvantah "dark"). Hence Bryant's "Thanatopsis", with Greek opsis "a sight, view."
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Definitions of thanatos from WordNet
Thanatos (n.)
(Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx;
