Skylla ja Kharybdis
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- Scylla and Charybdis (metaphor of two equally perilous threats or courses of action between which one needs to navigate)
- 1973, Juhani Suomi, Talvisodan tausta: Suomi Neuvostoliiton ulkopolitiikassa 1937-39 [Background of the Winter War: Finland in the Soviet Foreign Policy between 1937 - 1939], Tammi, →ISBN:
- Tällöin Suomi joutuisi tilanteeseen, jossa auttajaa koskeva valinta olisi tehtävä Skyllan ja Kharybdiksen [Natsi-Saksa ja Neuvostoliitto] välillä. Kumpikin vaihtoehto olisi vaarallinen.
- Then Finland would end up in a situation in which the choice concerning source of help should be made between Scylla and Charybdis [Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union]. Both options would be dangerous.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Skylla ja Kharybdis (Kotus type 51/nuoripari) | |||
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nominative | Skylla ja Kharybdis | — | |
genitive | Skyllan ja Kharybdiksen | — | |
partitive | Skyllaa ja Kharybdista | — | |
illative | Skyllaan ja Kharybdikseen | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Skylla ja Kharybdis | — | |
accusative | nom. | Skylla ja Kharybdis | — |
gen. | Skyllan ja Kharybdiksen | ||
genitive | Skyllan ja Kharybdiksen | — | |
partitive | Skyllaa ja Kharybdista | — | |
inessive | Skyllassa ja Kharybdiksessa | — | |
elative | Skyllasta ja Kharybdiksesta | — | |
illative | Skyllaan ja Kharybdikseen | — | |
adessive | Skyllalla ja Kharybdiksella | — | |
ablative | Skyllalta ja Kharybdikselta | — | |
allative | Skyllalle ja Kharybdikselle | — | |
essive | Skyllana ja Kharybdiksena | — | |
translative | Skyllaksi ja Kharybdikseksi | — | |
abessive | Skyllatta ja Kharybdiksetta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |