Acheron

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English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), probably Pre-Greek but folk-etymologically said to be from ἄχος (ákhos, pain, distress) +‎ ῥέον (rhéon, stream).

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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.
    • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
      And pull her out of Acheron by the heels
    • 1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[[Book XIII. Vesuvius and the plain of Naples.] Chap[ter] IV.] The extempore effusion of Corinna on the Plain of Naples.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. [], volume III, London: [] Corri, []; and sold by Colburn, [], and Mackenzie, [], →OCLC, page 234:
      Acheron and Phlegeton, which a subterraneous fire causes to boil, are the billows of that hell which was visited by Æneas.
    • 2009, Behemoth, The Seed ov I:
      Behold! I rise from primal silence / As a storm crushing dismal shores ov Acheron
  2. (literary) Hell
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Etymology 2

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Acheron

  1. A language of Sudan.
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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), from ὁ ἄχεα ῥέων (ho ákhea rhéōn, the stream of woe).

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Proper noun

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Acherōn m sg (genitive Acherontis); third declension

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

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Acherōn
Genitive Acherontis
Dative Acherontī
Accusative Acherontem
Ablative Acheronte
Vocative Acherōn

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Descendants

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  • English: Acheron
  • French: Achéron
  • Italian: Acheronte
  • Portuguese: Aqueronte
  • Spanish: Aqueronte

References

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  • 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.