Euripus
//jəˈɹaɪpəs// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 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 Euboea and Boeotia.
- 2 A flux and reflux. broadly
"They have ordained that the provision of this establishment might be as stable as the earth on which it stands , and should not fluctuate with the Euripus of funds and actions"
Proper Noun
- 1 Short for Euripus Strait. abbreviation, alt-of
Example
More examples"They have ordained that the provision of this establishment might be as stable as the earth on which it stands , and should not fluctuate with the Euripus of funds and actions"
Etymology
From Latin euripus, from Ancient Greek εὔριπος (eúripos); from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥιπή (rhipḗ, “rushing motion”).
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