Χαρώνιος
Χαρώνιος, of or belonging to Charon
Χᾰρών-ιος (later Χᾰρών-ειος), ον,
- of or belonging to Charon: hence,
- 1 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 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.