Acheruns

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Acherūns m sg (genitive Acherūntis); third declension

  1. The river Acheron.
  2. The underworld.

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Acherūns
Genitive Acherūntis
Dative Acherūntī
Accusative Acherūntem
Ablative Acherūnte
Vocative Acherūns

The form Acherunta (Lucretius 4.170 & 6.251) is used as an alternative accusative singular, based on the Greek accusative.

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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.