Χάρυβδις
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
Headword (normalized):
χάρυβδις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χαρυβδις
Intro Text:
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
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35604
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