Chăron, ontis (ōnis, Fulg. Myth. 1), m., = Χάρων.
- I. Charon, a ferryman in the Lower World, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 43; Verg. A. 6, 299; id. Cul. 2, 15; Sen. Herc. Fur. 771.
Hence,
- B. Chărōnēus, a, um, adj., of Charon, of the Lower World: scrobes, deep, Plin. 2, 93, 95, § 208.
- II. A Theban, Nep. Pelop. 2, 5.