χάρυβδις

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ,

   A Charybdis, a whirlpool on the coast of Sicily, opposite Scylla, Od.12.104, E.Tr.436, Th.4.24, Str.6.2. 3.    2 generally, whirlpool, gulf, πάντα μίαν ἱκνεῖται χ. Simon.38, cf. E.Supp.500, Str.6.2.9.    3 metaph. of a rapacious person, χ. ἁρπαγῆς Ar.Eq.248 (troch.).

Russian (Dvoretsky)

χάρυβδις: εως (ᾰ) ἡ водоворот, пучина Eur.