Charybdis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Χάρυβδις (Khárubdis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Charybdis
- A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
- (Greek mythology) A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
- A general term for any dangerous whirlpool.
- 1638: Herbert, Sir Thomas, Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
- …that night, wee ſailed merrily by the Maſcarenas, a Charybdis in 21 degrees, var.13 and 17 minutes…
- 1832 Bell, James A system of geography, popular and scientific
- The tide here sets in alternately from N. to S. and from S. to N., which causes the whirlpool of Galofaro, the Charybdis of the ancients.
- 1842 Schiller, Friedrich poem Der Taucher (written in 1797) published in English in Blackwood's Magazine volume 52
- Lo! the wave that for ever devours the wave / Casts roaringly up the charybdis again…
- 1638: Herbert, Sir Thomas, Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Greek mythological monster
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Further reading[edit]
Danish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Charybdis
- Charybdis (monster)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Χάρυβδις (Khárubdis).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʰaˈryb.dis/, [kʰäˈɾʏbd̪ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈrib.dis/, [kɑˈɾibd̪is]
Proper noun[edit]
Charybdis f sg (genitive Charybdis); third declension
- Charybdis
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Charybdis |
Genitive | Charybdis |
Dative | Charybdī |
Accusative | Charybdim Charybdin |
Ablative | Charybdī |
Vocative | Charybdis |
References[edit]
- Charybdis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- Charybdis in William Smith, editor, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly, 1854, 1857
- Charybdis in Gaffiot, Félix, Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, 1934
- Charybdis in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 1913–1918
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