χάρυβδις
εως, ιος, ἡ
A.
Charybdis, a whirlpool on the coast of Sicily, opposite Scylla, Od. 12.104, E. Tr. 436, Th. 4.24, Str. 6.2. 3.
2.
generally, whirlpool, gulf, πάντα μίαν ἱκνεῖται χ. Simon. 38, cf. E. Supp. 500, Str. 6.2.9.
3.
metaph. of a rapacious person, χ. ἁρπαγῆς Ar. Eq. 248 (troch.).