Acheruns

Latin

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Acheruns m (genitive Acheruntis); third declension

  1. The river Acheron.
  2. The underworld.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Acheruns
Genitive Acheruntis
Dative Acheruntī
Accusative Acheruntem
Ablative Acherunte
Vocative Acheruns

The form Acherunta (Lucretius 4.170 & 6.251) is used as an alternative accusative singular, based on the Greek accusative.

Derived terms

References
  • Acheruns in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Acheruns in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Acheruns in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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