Χάρυβδις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰá.ryb.dis/ → /ˈxa.ryβ.ðis/ → /ˈxa.riv.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰá.ryb.dis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰa.ryb.dis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ryβ.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.ryv.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxa.riv.ðis/

Proper noun

Χᾰ́ρῠβδῐς • (Khárubdis) f (genitive Χᾰρύβδεως); third declension

1. Charybdis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Χᾰ́ρῠβδῐς; τῆς Χᾰρῠ́βδεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χᾰ́ρῠβδῐς hē Khárubdis
Genitive	τῆς Χᾰρῠ́βδεως tês Kharúbdeōs
Dative	τῇ Χᾰρῠ́βδει têi Kharúbdei
Accusative	τὴν Χᾰ́ρῠβδῐν tḕn Khárubdin
Vocative	Χᾰ́ρῠβδῐ Khárubdi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Χᾰ́ρῠβδῐς; Χᾰρῠ́βδῐος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Χᾰ́ρῠβδῐς Khárubdis
Genitive	Χᾰρῠ́βδῐος / Χᾰρῠ́βδηος Kharúbdios / Kharúbdēos
Dative	Χᾰρῠ́βδῐῐ / Χᾰρῠ́βδῑ / Χᾰρῠ́βδηῐ̈ / Χᾰρῠ́βδει Kharúbdii / Kharúbdī / Kharúbdēï / Kharúbdei
Accusative	Χᾰ́ρῠβδῐν Khárubdin
Vocative	Χᾰ́ρῠβδῐ Khárubdi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Χάρυβδις (Cháryvdis), Χάρυβδη (Cháryvdi)
• Italian: Cariddi
• Latin: Charybdis
• Sicilian: Cariddi

References

• “Χάρυβδις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Χάρυβδις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006