English Explanatory Dictionary

euripus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia.
  2. A flux and reflux.
name
  1. Short for Euripus Strait.

Pronunciation

/jəˈɹaɪpəs/

Word forms

euripus euripuses euripi

Etymology

From Latin eurīpus, from Ancient Greek εὔριπος (eúripos); from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥιπή (rhipḗ, “rushing motion”).

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