Acheron
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See also: Achéron
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), probably Pre-Greek but folk-etymologically said to be from ἄχος (ákhos, “pain, distress”) + ῥέον (rhéon, “stream”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Acheron
- (Greek mythology) A river in the infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets, it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf.
- c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- And pull her out of Acheron by the heels
- 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[[Book XIII. Vesuvius and the plain of Naples.] Chap[ter] IV.] The extempore effusion of Corinna on the Plain of Naples.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 234:
- Acheron and Phlegeton, which a subterraneous fire causes to boil, are the billows of that hell which was visited by Æneas.
- 2009, Behemoth, The Seed ov I:
- Behold! I rise from primal silence / As a storm crushing dismal shores ov Acheron
- (literary) Hell
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Translations[edit]
a river
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Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Acheron
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), from ὁ ἄχεα ῥέων (ho ákhea rhéōn, “the stream of woe”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.kʰe.roːn/, [ˈäkʰɛroːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ke.ron/, [ˈäːkeron]
Proper noun[edit]
Acherōn m sg (genitive Acherontis); third declension
- Acheron, a river in the underworld
- The underworld
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Acherōn |
Genitive | Acherontis |
Dative | Acherontī |
Accusative | Acherontem |
Ablative | Acheronte |
Vocative | Acherōn |
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References[edit]
- “Acheron”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Acheron”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Acheron in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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