Acheruns

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Acherōn === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων, Ἀχέροντ- (Akhérōn, Akhéront-), with alteration of /o/ to /u/. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.kʰɛ.rũːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ke.runs] The first syllable is scanned long in Plautus. === Proper noun === Acherūns m sg (genitive Acherūntis); third declension The river Acheron. The underworld. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant), singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== acherunticus === References === “Acheruns”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Acheruns”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Acheruns”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.