charoneus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Χαρώνειος (Kharṓneios); equivalent to Charōn + -ēus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʰa.roːˈneː.us/, [kʰäroːˈneːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.roˈne.us/, [käroˈnɛːus]
Adjective
[edit]Charōnēus (feminine Charōnēa, neuter Charōnēum); first/second-declension adjective
- Charonic, Charonian; of or pertaining to Charon or the underworld in Greek mythology
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.92:
- spiracula vocant, alii charonea, scrobes mortiferum spiritum exhalantes
- They are typically called vents, although others call them Charon’s ditches for their death-bringing vapors
- spiracula vocant, alii charonea, scrobes mortiferum spiritum exhalantes
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Charōnēus | Charōnēa | Charōnēum | Charōnēī | Charōnēae | Charōnēa | |
| genitive | Charōnēī | Charōnēae | Charōnēī | Charōnēōrum | Charōnēārum | Charōnēōrum | |
| dative | Charōnēō | Charōnēae | Charōnēō | Charōnēīs | |||
| accusative | Charōnēum | Charōnēam | Charōnēum | Charōnēōs | Charōnēās | Charōnēa | |
| ablative | Charōnēō | Charōnēā | Charōnēō | Charōnēīs | |||
| vocative | Charōnēe | Charōnēa | Charōnēum | Charōnēī | Charōnēae | Charōnēa | |
References
[edit]- “Charon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press