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Webster 1913 Edition
Euripus
Eu-ri′pus
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
εὖ
well + [GREEK] a rushing motion.] A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient frith of this name between Eubœa and Bœotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.
Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Euripus
EU'RIPUS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
euripus
euripus
See also: Euripus
English
Noun
euripus (plural euripuses or euripi)
- A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Eubaea and Baeotia.
- (by extension) A flux and reflux.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
Latin
Noun
eurīpus m (genitive eurīpī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eurīpus | eurīpī |
| genitive | eurīpī | eurīpōrum |
| dative | eurīpō | eurīpīs |
| accusative | eurīpum | eurīpōs |
| ablative | eurīpō | eurīpīs |
| vocative | eurīpe | eurīpī |
References
- euripus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- euripus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “euripus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- euripus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- euripus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- euripus in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- euripus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- euripus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin