Χάρων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χᾰ́ρων (khắrōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.rɔːn/ → /ˈxa.ron/ → /ˈxa.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰá.rɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ron/

Proper noun

Χᾰ́ρων • (Khắrōn) m (genitive Χᾰ́ροντος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Charon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Χᾰ́ρων; τοῦ Χᾰ́ροντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χᾰ́ρων ho Khắrōn
Genitive	τοῦ Χᾰ́ροντος toû Khắrontos
Dative	τῷ Χᾰ́ροντῐ tôi Khắrontĭ
Accusative	τὸν Χᾰ́ροντᾰ tòn Khắrontă
Vocative	Χᾰ́ρων / Χᾰ́ρον Khắrōn / Khắron
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
• Χάρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette