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Χᾰρών-ιος

*charonios

of, belonging to Charon, through which criminals were led to execution

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What it meant — LSJ

of, belonging to Charon

of or belonging to Charon: hence,

1 through which criminals were led to execution

X. θύρα the gate through which criminals were led to execution, Zen. 6.41, Suid.; also Χαρώνιον, τό, Poll. 8.102, Hsch.

2

X. κλίμακες, a staircase in the theatre, leading up to the stage as if from the underworld, by which ghosts entered, Poll. 4.132.

3 caverns filled with mephitic vapours

χαρώνια, τά, caverns filled with mephitic vapours, being looked on as entrances to the nether world, Str. 12.8.17; sg., Id. 14.1.11, 44: χαρωνήϊα, prob. in Aret. SA 1.7; in full, χαρώνεια βάραθρα Gal. 17 (1).10; χ. χωρία Id. 15.117.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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