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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_999.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_999.jpg}}]](River) [[Ἀχέρων]], -οντος, ὁ.

<b class="b2">Of Acheron</b>, adj.: Ἀχερόντιος (Ar.). Ἀχερούσιος (Thuc. and Eur.). Fem. adj., Ἀχερουσιάς, -άδος.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Ăchĕron</b>: ntis (collat. form [[Acheros]], Liv. 8, 24, 11; the form [[Acheruns]], untis, see [[below]]), m., = [[Ἀχέρων]] (interpr. ὁ ἄχεα ῥέων,<br /><b>I</b> the [[stream]] of [[woe]]).<br /><b>I</b> A [[river]] in [[Epirus]], [[which]] flows [[through]] the Lake [[Acherusia]] [[into]] the [[Ambracian]] Gulf, [[now]] Suli, Liv. 8, 24, 3; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 4.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[fabulous]] [[river]] in the Lower World: [[illi]] qui fluere [[apud]] inferos dicuntur, [[Acheron]], [[Cocytus]], [[Styx]], etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 17: via Tartarei quae fert Acherontis ad undas, Verg. A., 6, 295 al.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The Lower World itself: Acherontem obibo, ubi mortis thesauri objacent, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 ed. Vahl.): flectere si [[nequeo]] Superos, Acheronta movebo, Verg. A. 7, 312: perrupit Acheronta [[Herculeus]] [[labor]], Hor. C. 1, 3, 36. In [[prose]]: ut eum suo [[sanguine]] ab Acheronte, si possent, cuperent redimere, Nep. [[Dion]]. 10, 2.—Hence, Ăchĕrontēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the [[Acheron]], Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 351.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Ăchĕrōn</b>,¹¹ ontis, m., Achéron :<br /><b>1</b> fleuve des enfers : Cic. Nat. 3, 43 || les enfers : Cic. Quir. 25 ; Hor. O. 1, 3, 36 ; Virg. En. 7, 312 || dieu du fleuve : Virg. En. 7, 91, etc.<br /><b>2</b> fleuve d’Épire : Liv. 8, 24, 2 ; Plin. 4, 4<br /><b>3</b> fleuve du Bruttium : Plin. 3, 73 ; Liv. 8, 24, 11.<br /><b>4</b> fleuve de Bithynie : Val. Flacc. 4, 594 ; Amm. 22, 8, 17.
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