Χάρων

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From χᾰ́ρων (khárōn).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Χᾰ́ρων (Khárōnm (genitive Χᾰ́ροντος); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Charon

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: Charon
  • Greek: Χάρων (Cháron), Χάρος (Cháros), (Italiot dialect) χάρω
  • Latin: Charōn

References

  • Χάρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
  • Χάρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette