charoneus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαρώνειος (Kharṓneios); equivalent to Charōn +‎ -ēus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰa.roːˈneː.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ka.roˈnɛː.us]

Adjective

Charōnēus (feminine Charōnēa, neuter Charōnēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Charonic, Charonian; of or pertaining to Charon or the underworld in Greek mythology
   • 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

Declension

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

• “Charon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press