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Charontean
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English
Etymology
From the Latin oblique stem en la Charontis.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈɹɒntɪən/
Adjective
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en Charontian.
en 1838 William Herbert Attila, King of the Huns Henry G. Bohn London 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
Charonian
en eponyms
en Celestial inhabitants