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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Latin Orcinus. By surface analysis, Χᾰ́ρων (Khắrōn) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰa.rɔː.nîː.tai̯/ → /xa.roˈni.tɛ/ → /xa.roˈni.te/
Noun
Χαρωνῖται • (Kharōnîtai) m pl (genitive Χᾰρωνῑτῶν); first declension
- (Ancient Rome, historical) Orcinus (term used satirically to refer to Senators confirmed by Julius Caesar post-mortem)
46 CE – 120 CE,
Plutarch,
Life of Antony 15:
- ὡς δὴ ταῦτα τῷ Καίσαρι δόξαντα. διὸ τούτους ἅπαντας ἐπισκώπτοντες οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι Χαρωνίτας ἐκάλουν· ἐλεγχόμενοι γὰρ εἰς τοὺς τοῦ νεκροῦ κατέφευγον ὑπομνηματισμούς.
- hōs dḕ taûta tôi Kaísari dóxanta. diò toútous hápantas episkṓptontes hoi Rhōmaîoi Kharōnítas ekáloun; elenkhómenoi gàr eis toùs toû nekroû katépheugon hupomnēmatismoús.
Declension
References
- “Χαρωνῖται”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Χαρωνῖται”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Χαρωνῖται”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011