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Χάρυβδις Χάρυβδις, εως, Ionic ιος, Charybdis, a dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily, opposite the Italian rock Scylla, Od., Eur., etc. generally, a whirlpool, gulf, Eur. metaph. of a rapacious person, Lat. barathrum, χ. ἁρπαγῆς Ar. deriv. uncertain

ShortDef

a whirlpool, chasm

Charybdis

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Headword:

Χάρυβδις

Headword (normalized):

χάρυβδις

Headword (normalized/stripped):

χαρυβδις

IDX:

35564

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35604

Key:

*xa/rubdis

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