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euripus

[ yoo-rahy-puhs, yuh- ]

noun

, plural eu·ri·pi [y, oo, -, rahy, -pahy, y, uh, -].
  1. a strait, especially one in which the flow of water is violent.


euripus

/ jʊˈraɪpəs /

noun

  1. a strait or channel with a strong current or tide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of euripus1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of euripus1

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

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.

Euploea rhadamanthus also serves as a model for one of the several forms of female of the Nymphaline species Euripus halitherses.

Near it is the Chalcidic Euripus, to which, from Sunium, are 70 stadia.

Salganeus is a place situated near the Euripus, upon a height.

A town in Eubœa on the strait of the Euripus which separates the island of Eubœa from the mainland.

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