Charon

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Ἡ δ' ἐμὴ ψυχὴ πάλαι τέθνηκεν, ὥστε τοῖς θανοῦσιν ὠφελεῖν → My soul died long ago so that I could give some help to the dead

Sophocles, Antigone, 559-60

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Χάρων, -ωνος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Chăron: ontis (ōnis, Fulg. Myth. 1), m., = Χάρων.
I Charon, a ferryman in the Lower World, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Verg. A. 6, 299; id. Cul. 2, 15; Sen. Herc. Fur. 771. —Hence,
   B Chărōnēus, a, um, adj., of Charon, of the Lower World: scrobes, deep, Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208.—
II A Theban, Nep. Pelop. 2, 5.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Chărōn,¹⁴ ontis, m. (Χάρων), Charon, [le nocher des Enfers] : Cic. Nat. 3, 43 ; Virg. En. 6, 299.
(2) Chărōn, ōnis, m., homme d’État thébain : Nep. Pel. 2, 5.