Charybdis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χάρυβδις (Khárubdis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
Translations
Greek mythological monster
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See also
Danish
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Charybdis
- Charybdis (monster)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χάρυβδις (Khárubdis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʰaˈryb.dis/, [kʰäˈrʏbd̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈrib.dis/, [käˈribd̪is]
Proper noun
Charybdis f sg (genitive Charybdis); third declension
- Charybdis
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Charybdis |
Genitive | Charybdis |
Dative | Charybdī |
Accusative | Charybdem |
Ablative | Charybde |
Vocative | Charybdis |
References
- “Charybdis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Charybdis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Charybdis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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