euripus

[ yoo-rahy-puhs, yuh- ]

noun,plural eu·ri·pi

[yoo-rahy-pahy, yuh-]. /yʊˈraɪ paɪ, yə-/.

a strait, especially one in which the flow of water is violent.

Origin of euripus

1595–1605; <Latin eurīpus<Greek eúrīpos (applied especially to the strait between Euboea and Boeotia, equivalent to eu-eu- + -rīpos rusher, akin to rhīpḗ rush

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How to use euripus in a sentence

It is said by some that he there died of vexation because he could not discover the cause of the flux and reflux of the euripus.
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Euploea rhadamanthus also serves as a model for one of the several forms of female of the Nymphaline species euripus halitherses.
Mimicry in Butterflies | Reginald Crundall Punnett
Near it is the Chalcidic euripus, to which, from Sunium, are 70 stadia.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) | Strabo
Salganeus is a place situated near the euripus, upon a height.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3) | Strabo
A town in Eubœa on the strait of the euripus which separates the island of Eubœa from the mainland.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II | Aubrey Stewart & George Long

British Dictionary definitions for euripus

euripus

/ (jʊˈraɪpəs) /

nounplural -pi (-paɪ)

a strait or channel with a strong current or tide

Origin of euripus

C17: from Latin, from Greek Euripos the strait between Boeotia and Euboea, from ripē force, rush

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