The corpus record

Χάρυβδις

charubdis · ἡ

Charybdis, whirlpool, gulf

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Odyssey 9 · 1.04/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Charybdis

Charybdis, a whirlpool on the coast of Sicily, opposite Scylla, Od. 12.104, E. Tr. 436, Th. 4.24, Str. 6.2.3.

2 whirlpool, gulf

generally, whirlpool, gulf, πάντα μίαν ἱκνεῖται χ. Simon. 38, cf. E. Supp. 500, Str. 6.2.9.

metaph. of a rapacious person, χ. ἁρπαγῆς Ar. Eq. 248 (troch.).

In the wild

Χάρυβδιν · Charybdin Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5061)
Χάρυβδις · Charybdis Euripides, Trojan Women (DIORISIS sentence 235)
Χάρυβδις · Charybdis Odyssey 12.104
Χάρυβδιν · Charybdin Odyssey 12.113
Χάρυβδις · Charybdis Odyssey 12.235
Χάρυβδιν · Charybdin Odyssey 12.260

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Where it came from

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