Χᾰρών-ιος(laterΧᾰρών-ειος),ον,
A. oforbelonging to Charon: hence,
1.
X.
θύραthe gatethrough which criminals were led to execution,
Zen. 6.41 , Suid. ; alsoΧαρώνιον,τό,
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,τά, 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
.