Acheron

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.

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Acheron
A´CHERON(Ἀχέρων), the name of several rivers, all of which were, at least at one time, believed to b...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Acheron
Ăchĕron, ntis (collat. form Acheros, Liv. 8, 24, 11; the form Acheruns, untis, see below), m., = Ἀχέ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Acheron
Acherōn tis, m (V., H.), Αχέρων, a river of the lower world.—Hence, the infernal regions, V. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary