Χάρυβδις
Χάρυβδις, Charybdis
Χάρυβδις [ᾰ], εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ,
- 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.).
Χάρυβδις — Charybdis (Sicily), Pleiades 462157
Χάρυβδις, εως (ἡ) [ᾰ]
I Charybde, monstre marin qui attirait et engloutissait les vaisseaux, dans le détroit de Messine, Od. 12, 101, etc. ; Thc. 4, 24 ; Eur. Tr. 426 ; Str. 268, etc. ||
II p. anal. :
1 Kharybde, gouffre près d’Antioche, Str. 275 ||
2 gouffre, abîme, en gén. Sim. fr. 38 ; Eur. Suppl. 500 ; fig. : ἁρπαγῆς, Ar. Eq. 248, un gouffre de brigandage, en parl. de Cléon ||
➳ Gén. ion. Χαρύβδιος, Od. 12, 441.
Χάρυβδις
- (δεινή, δῖα, ὀλοή)
- A destructive female being inhabiting a whirlpool under a rock opposite to the rock of Scylla.
- The rock and whirlpool described Od. 12.101; Od. 12.113;
- Odysseus passes between Scylla and Ch. Od. 12.235, 260, Od. 23.327;
- Od. comes again to Ch. and again escapes Od. 12.428, 430, 436, 441.
Χάρυβδις : Charybdis, the whirlpool opposite Scylla, Od. 12.104, 113, 235, Od. 23.327.
Χάρυβδις, εως,
- 1Ionic ιος, Charybdis, a dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily, opposite the Italian rock Scylla, Od., Eur., etc.
- 2generally, a whirlpool, gulf, Eur.
- 3metaph. of a rapacious person, Lat. barathrum, χ. ἁρπαγῆς Ar. deriv. uncertain