Charybdis

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.

   “I have never yet been able to steer my lovers through the Scylla of presence, or the Charybdis of absence.”

2. özel isim A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
3. özel isim Any dangerous whirlpool.

   “…that night, wee ſailed merrily by the Maſcarenas, a Charybdis in 21 degrees, var.13 and 17 minutes…”