χάρων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ωνος, ὁ, ἡ, poet. for <b class="b3">χαροπός, Μήνης παῖδα χάρωνα</b>, of the Nemean lion, <span class="bibl">Euph.84.4</span>; so as [[substantive]] (said to be Maced.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> χάρωνος ὠμηστοῦ δορά Lyc.455, cf. Hsch., etc.; also of [[the eagle]], Lyc.260; of the Cyclops, Id.660. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n., [[Charon]], the ferryman of the Styx, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>254</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">361</span>, al.; voc. ὦ Χάρον <span class="bibl">Cratin.324c</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[Χάρων]]); but <b class="b3">χαῖρ' ὦ Χάρων</b> (with a pun) <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>184</span>.</span>