English

Proper noun

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.
   • And pull her out of Acheron by the heels - Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, IV-iii
2. (literary) ****
3. A language of Sudan.

Coordinate terms

• Cocytus, Eridanos, Lethe, Phlegethon, Styx

Translations

Anagrams

• archeon

Latin

Alternative forms

• Acheros
• Acheruns

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων ‎(Akhérōn), from ὁ ἄχεα ῥέων ‎(ho ákhea rhéōn, “the stream of woe”)

Proper noun

Acherōn m ‎(genitive Acherontis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• acheronensis
• acheronteus

Descendants

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

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Acheron”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.