Χᾰρών-ιος (later
Χᾰρών-ειος),
ον,
A). of or belonging to Charon: hence,
1). X. θύρα the gate
through which criminals were led to execution, Zen. 6.41 ,
Suid.; also
Χαρώνιον, 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, 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 .