Charontean

English

Etymology

From the Latin oblique stem Latin Charontis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹɒntɪən/

Adjective

Charontean (not comparable)

  1. Rare form of Charontian.
    • 1838, William Herbert, Attila, King of the Huns, London: Henry G. Bohn, pages 48fn, 100fn:
      The Charontean head still existed at Antioch in the ninth century [...] That head was a Gorgon, or snake-hair'd head. [...] Prudentius states that the Charontean head of Nimrod was the evil God of Marcion.

Synonyms
  1. Charonian
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