Charon

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Menander, Monostichoi, 114

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.