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euripus
[ yoo-rahy-puhs, yuh- ]
noun
, plural eu·ri·pi [y, oo, -, rahy, -pahy, y, uh, -].
- a strait, especially one in which the flow of water is violent.
euripus
/ jʊˈraɪpəs /
noun
- a strait or channel with a strong current or tide
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Word History and Origins
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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.
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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.
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Near it is the Chalcidic Euripus, to which, from Sunium, are 70 stadia.
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Salganeus is a place situated near the Euripus, upon a height.
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A town in Eubœa on the strait of the Euripus which separates the island of Eubœa from the mainland.
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