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Ăchĕruns , untis, m. v. Acheron (f., Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 2; cf. Non. 191, 24; poet. in Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; the u for o, as in Enn. and Lucr.
I.frundes for frondes, acc. Gr. Acherunta, Lucr. 4, 170; 6, 251); a form much used by ante-class. poets, esp. by Plaut.,
I. For Acheron no. II. B.: adsum atque advenio Acherunte, poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 245; “si ab Acherunte veniam,” Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 26; so Lucr. 3, 37; 628 al.—And with the ending i (as in Karthagini): “si neque hic neque Acherunti sum, ubi sum?” Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 21; so id. Capt. 3, 5, 31; 5, 4, 1. —Acheruntis pabulum, food for Acheron; said of a corrupt, abandoned man, in Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 12: “Acheruntis ostium, disparagingly of bad land,” id. Trin. 2, 4, 124: “mittere aliquem Acheruntem,” to kill one, id. Cas. 2, 8, 12; and: “abire ad Acheruntem,” to die, id. Poen. prol. 71: “ulmorum Acheruns, jestingly of a slave, upon whose back rods had been broken,” id. Am. 4, 2, 9 (cf. Capt. 3, 4, 117).—Hence, Ăchĕruntĭcus , a, um, adj., belonging to, or fit for, Acheruns, or the Lower World: “regiones,” Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21: “senex,” i. e. with one foot in the grave, id. Merc. 2, 2, 19; id. Mil. 3, 1, 33.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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