Charybdis, Charybdis [f.] M Noun
Translations
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3. Declension Mixed Stems feminine
Forms
Singular | Plural | |
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Nom. | Charybdis | Charybdes |
Gen. | Charybdis | Charybdium |
Dat. | Charybdi | Charybdibus |
Acc. | Charybdem | Charybdes |
Voc. | Charybdis | Charybdes |
Abl. | Charybde | Charybdibus |
Example Sentences

quid, quod nescio qui mediis concurrere in undis dicuntur montes ratibusque inimica Charybdis nunc sorbere fretum, nunc reddere, cinctaque saevis Scylla rapax canibus Siculo latrare profundo?
~ Ovid, Metamorphoses VII
as - ille est enim qui Siculum pelagus exasperet et in vertices cogat -; non sinistrum petit litus sed id a quo propior Charybdis maria convolvit.
~ Seneca, Epistulae Morales, Liber II
dextrum Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus rursusque sub auras erigit altern
~ Vergil, P. i Maronis Aeneidos Liber Tertivs
magnitudinem: *** efficit haec sententia, ut ignoscam MVSAE, qui dixit ipsis Charybdi et Scylla maius portentum: 'Charybdis ipsius maris naufragium' et, ne in una re semel insaniret: 'quid ibi potest esse salvi, ubi ipsum mare
~ Seneca the Elder, SuasoriaeFind more Latin text passages in the Latin is Simple Library
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