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εὔριπος

εὔριπος, a strait with strong currents; a canal, ditch

εὔρῑπος, ὁ,
  • any strait or narrow sea, where the flux and reflux is violent, X. HG 1.6.22, Arist. HA 544a21, 548a9, Mu. 396a25; esp. the strait which separates Euboea from Boeotia, h.Ap. 222, Hdt. 5.77, etc., cf. Str. 9.2.8: prov. of an unstable, weak-minded person (cf. Poll. 6.121), πλείους τραπόμενος τροπὰς τοῦ Εὐρίπου Aeschin. 3.90; μεταρρεῖ ὥσπερ Εὔριπος Arist. EN 1167b7; ἄστατα καὶ ἀβέβαια Εὐρίπου τρόπον Hipparch. ap. Stob. 4.44.81; Εὔριποι γενόμενοι Lib. Ep. 907.
    • II generally, canal, ditch, etc., SIG 799.7 (Cyzicus, i A.D.), Babr. 120.2, AP 14.135.2 (Metrod.), D.H. 3.68.
      • 2 the Spina in the Circus, Lyd. Mens. 1.12.
    • III ventilator, fan, ἐξ εὐρίπου τινὸς αὔραν εἰσπνεῖν ἐπιτεχνώμενον Gal. 10.649. (εὖ, ῥιπή, ῥιπίζω.)

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