Acheron

Acheron

See also: Achéron

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Acheron, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), said to be from ὁ ἄχεα ῥέων (ho ákhea rhéōn, “the stream of woe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/, /ˈæ.kəɹ.ɔn/

Proper noun

Acheron

1. (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.
   • And pull her out of Acheron by the heels - Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, IV-iii
2. (literary) Hell

Coordinate terms

• Cocytus, Eridanos, Lethe, Phlegethon, Styx

Translations

a river

Basque: Akeronte Bulgarian: Ахерон m (Aheron) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿刻戎 (Ākèróng) French: Achéron (fr) m Greek: Αχέρων (el) m (Achéron), Αχέροντας (el) m (Achérontas) Ancient: Ἀχέρων m (Akhérōn)

Italian: Acheronte m Japanese: アケローン (Akerōn) Latin: Acheron (la) m Persian: آخرون‎ (Axeron) Portuguese: Aqueronte m Russian: Ахеро́н (ru) m (Axerón) Spanish: Aqueronte m, Aquerón m

Proper noun

Acheron

1. A language of Sudan.

Alternative forms

• Asheron

Anagrams

• archeon

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Acheros, Acheruns

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), from ὁ ἄχεα ῥέων (ho ákhea rhéōn, “the stream of woe”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kʰe.roːn/, [ˈa.kʰɛ.roːn]

Proper noun

Acherōn m (genitive Acherontis); third declension

1. Acheron, a river in the underworld
2. The underworld

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Acherōn
Genitive	Acherontis
Dative	Acherontī
Accusative	Acherontem
Ablative	Acheronte
Vocative	Acherōn

Derived terms

• acheronensis
• acheronteus

Descendants

• English: Acheron
• French: Achéron
• Italian: Acheronte
• Portuguese: Aqueronte
• Spanish: Aqueronte

References

• 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