euripus
noun
a strait, especially one in which the flow of water is violent.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Sometimes, for more complete security, ditches, called euripi, surrounded the arena.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines