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χάρων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: χάρων χάρωνος

Structure: χαρων (Stem)

Etym.: poetic for xaropo/s: hence as prop. n.

Sense

  1. Charon, from his bright fierce eyes

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χάρων χάρωνε χάρωνες
Genitive χάρωνος χαρώνοιν χαρώνων
Dative χάρωνι χαρώνοιν χάρωσιν*
Accusative χάρωνα χάρωνε χάρωνας
Vocative χάρων χάρωνε χάρωνες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ μειδιάσασ, Χάρων με ἔδακεν, ἔφη. (Lucian, (no name) 45:3)
  • τί γελᾳσ, ω Χάρων; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 1:1)
  • τὸ μὲν ὅλον, ὦ Χάρων, ὑψηλοῦ τινοσ ἡμῖν δεῖ χωρίου, ὡσ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου πάντα κατίδοισ· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 2:10)
  • διὰ τί δ’ οὐκ ἄν, ὦ Χάρων; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 4:2)
  • ἰδιώτησ γὰρ εἶ, ὦ Χάρων, καὶ ἥκιστα ποιητικόσ· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 4:6)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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