Charybdis

English Etymology en :bor grc:Χάρυβδις + 1 Pronunciation en /kəˈɹɪbdɪs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Charybdis.wav US Proper noun A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. 85 III I have never yet been able to steer my lovers through the Scylla of presence, or the Charybdis of absence. en Greek mythology A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster. Any dangerous whirlpool. en 1638 Sir Thomas Herbert 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… en 1832 James Bell 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… Derived terms en between Scylla and Charybdis en Charybdian en charybdotoxin Translations Greek mythological monster Armenian: hy Քարիբդա Czech: cs Charybda f Danish: da Charybdis Finnish: fi Kharybdis French: fr Charybde f German: de Charybdis f Greek: el Χάρυβδις f, el Χάρυβδη f Ancient Greek: grc Χάρυβδις f Greenlandic: kl Karybdis Hindi: hi खारुब्दिस Hungarian: hu Kharübdisz Inuktitut: iu ᖃᕆᑉᑎᔅ Italian: it Cariddi f Japanese: ja カリュブディス Karyubudisu Korean: ko ^카리브디스 Latin: la Charybdis f Polish: pl Charybda f Portuguese: pt Caríbdis f Russian: ru Хари́бда f Spanish: es Caribdis f Swahili: sw Kharibdi Turkish: tr Haribdis Ukrainian: uk Харі́бда f See also en Scylla Further reading en Bodies of water Mythological creatures Danish Alternative forms da Karybdis da Kharybdis Proper noun Charybdis (monster) Latin Etymology la Charybdis :bor grc:Χάρυβδις + 1 Pronunciation Charybdis Proper noun Charybdis<3> f Charybdis Declension Charybdis<3.acc-im-in.abl-i> References