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.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, IV-iii

     And pull her out of Acheron by the heels

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)

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• 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

Etymology 2

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kʰe.roːn/, [ˈäkʰɛroːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ke.ron/, [ˈäːkeron]

Proper noun

Acherōn m sg (genitive Acherontis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

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.