Charontean

//kəˈɹɒntɪən// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Rare form of Charontian. form-of, not-comparable, rare

    "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

All synonyms
charonian

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From the Latin oblique stem Latin Charontis.

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