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1 Acheronteus
Ăchĕron, ntis (collat. form Acheros, Liv. 8, 24, 11; the form Acheruns, untis, see below), m., = Acherôn (interpr. ho achea rheôn, the stream of woe).I.A river in Epirus, which flows through the Lake Acherusia into the Ambracian Gulf, now Suli, Liv. 8, 24, 3; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 4.—II.A fabulous river in the Lower World:B.illi qui fluere apud inferos dicuntur, Acheron, Cocytus, Styx, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 3, 17: via Tartarei quae fert Acherontis ad undas, Verg. A., 6, 295 al.—Hence,The Lower World itself: Acherontem obibo, ubi mortis thesauri objacent, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 ed. Vahl.):flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,
Verg. A. 7, 312:perrupit Acheronta Herculeus labor,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 36. In prose:ut eum suo sanguine ab Acheronte, si possent, cuperent redimere,
Nep. Dion. 10, 2.—Hence, Ăchĕrontēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Acheron, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 351. -
2 Acheron
Ăchĕron, ntis (collat. form Acheros, Liv. 8, 24, 11; the form Acheruns, untis, see below), m., = Acherôn (interpr. ho achea rheôn, the stream of woe).I.A river in Epirus, which flows through the Lake Acherusia into the Ambracian Gulf, now Suli, Liv. 8, 24, 3; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 4.—II.A fabulous river in the Lower World:B.illi qui fluere apud inferos dicuntur, Acheron, Cocytus, Styx, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 3, 17: via Tartarei quae fert Acherontis ad undas, Verg. A., 6, 295 al.—Hence,The Lower World itself: Acherontem obibo, ubi mortis thesauri objacent, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 ed. Vahl.):flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo,
Verg. A. 7, 312:perrupit Acheronta Herculeus labor,
Hor. C. 1, 3, 36. In prose:ut eum suo sanguine ab Acheronte, si possent, cuperent redimere,
Nep. Dion. 10, 2.—Hence, Ăchĕrontēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Acheron, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 351.
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