Acheruns

• Acherōn

From Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων, Ἀχέροντ- (Akhérōn, Akhéront-), with alteration of /o/ to /u/.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.kʰɛ.rũːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.ke.runs]
• The first syllable is scanned long in Plautus.

Acherūns m sg (genitive Acherūntis); third declension

1. The river Acheron.
2. The underworld.

Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

• acherunticus

• “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.