χάρων

χάρων [ᾰ], ωνος, ὁ, ἡ,

• poet. for χαροπός, Μήνης παῖδα χάρωνα, of the Nemean lion, Euph. 84.4; so as Subst. (said to be Maced.), χάρωνος ὠμηστοῦ δορά Lyc. 455, cf. Hsch., etc.; also of the eagle, Lyc. 260; of the Cyclops, Id. 660.
• • II as pr. n., Charon, the ferryman of the Styx, E. Alc. 254 (lyr.), 361, al.; voc. ὦ Χάρον Cratin. 324c (v.l. Χάρων); but χαῖρʼ ὦ Χάρων (with a pun) Ar. Ra. 184.

χάρων, ωνος, ὁ, ἡ, poet. statt χαροπός, Beiwort des Löwen Lycophr. 455, vgl. Euphor. 47. S. Χάρων.