χάρυβδις

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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.).

German (Pape)

ἡ (s. Χάρυβδις), überhaupt Strudel, Schlund, Eur. Suppl. 516; auch übertragen, ein gefräßiger, raubgieriger Mensch, Ar. Eq. 248.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

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

English (Woodhouse)

abyss, yawning gulf