Charon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Chăron, ontis (ōnis, Fulg. Myth. 1), m., = Χάρων.

I Charon , a ferryman in the Lower World , Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Verg. A. 6, 299; id. Cul. 216; Sen. Herc. Fur. 771. —Hence,

B Chărōnēus , a, um, adj., of Charon , of the Lower World : scrobes, deep , Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208.—

II A Theban , Nep. Pelop. 2, 5.

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