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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

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)
  • μᾶλλον δὲ Χάρωνα ἢ Ιἀπετὸν τινα τῶν ὑποταρταρίων καὶ πάντα μᾶλλον ἢ Ἡρακλέα εἶναι ἂν εἰκάσειασ. (Lucian, Hercules, 1:2)
  • 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)

Related

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

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