Skylla ja Kharybdis
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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. |