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Chărybdis , is, f., = Χάρυβδις,
I.a dangerous whirlpool between Italy and Sicily, opposite to Scylla, now Calofaro; personified, a monstrous female being, Mel. 2, 7, 14; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87: “vasta,Lucr. 1, 723; Cat. 64, 156; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 54. “implacata,Verg. A. 3, 420: “Austro agitata,Ov. M. 8, 121: “irrequieta,id. ib. 13, 730; acc. Charybdin, Hor. A. P. 145; Ov. M. 14, 75; so Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67: “Charybdim,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146 Zumpt N. cr.; abl. Charybdi, Hor. C. 1, 27, 19; Juv. 15, 17.—
II. Trop., any thing dangerous or destructive, Hor. C. 1, 27, 19: “sanguinis,Prud. Cath. 6, 107: “Charybdim bonorum voraginem potius (dixerim),Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 163.
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