χάρυβδις[ᾰ],εως,
Ion.
ιος,ἡ,
A. Charybdis,a whirlpool on the coast of Sicily, opposite Scylla, Od. 12.104 , E. Tr. 436 , Th. 4.24 , Str. 6.2 .
3 .
2. generally,whirlpool, gulf,
πάντα μίαν ἱκνεῖται χ.
Simon. 38
, cf. E. Supp. 500 , Str. 6.2.9 .
3. metaph. of a rapacious person, χ. ἁρπαγῆς
Ar. Eq. 248
(troch.).