Acheron

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈæ.kəɹ.ən/, /ˈæ.kəɹ.ɔn/ ==== Proper noun ==== Acheron (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. (literary) Hell A small town in Victoria, Australia. ===== Coordinate terms ===== Cocytus, Eridanos, Lethe, Phlegethon, Styx ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== Acherontic ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Acheron A language of Sudan. ===== Alternative forms ===== Asheron === Anagrams === archeon == Latin == === Alternative forms === Acheros, Acherūns === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn), from ὁ ἄχεα ῥέων (ho ákhea rhéōn, “the stream of woe”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.kʰɛ.roːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ke.ron] === Proper noun === Acherōn m sg (genitive Acherontis); third declension Acheron, a river in the underworld The underworld ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. ==== 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 “Acheron”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.