Acheron

English-Latin

Acheron. n. pr.

1. A river in the Nether World or infernal regions.
   • Acheron (-ontis, masc.)

Latin-English

Ăchĕr|ōn, -ŏntis. (ˈa.ke.ron) masc.

1. Acheron, a river in Hades; by extension, Hades itself.
2. Acheron, a Greek river, in Epirus.

[Greek Ἀχέρων Acherōn.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.43:

Age porro: Iovem et Neptunum deum numeras; ergo etiam Orcus frater eorum deus, et illi, qui fluere apud inferos dicuntur, Acheron, Cocytus, Pyriphlegethon; tum Charon, tum Cerberus di putandi.

Come on, then: Jupiter and Neptune you count as a god; therefore, Orcus their brother is also a god, as are those who are said to flow in the underworld—Acheron, Cocytus, Pyriphlegethon; and then Charon, and then Cerberus should be considered gods.