Between Scylla and Charybdis.
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Scylla
//ˈsɪlə//
Synonyms for "scylla" (9 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Σκύλλα name (personification of the rock)
Armenian
1 entries- Սկիլլա name (personification of the rock)
Bashkir
1 entries- Скилла name (personification of the rock)
Esperanto
1 entries- Skilo name (personification of the rock)
French
1 entries- Scylla name (personification of the rock)
Georgian
1 entries- სკილა name (personification of the rock)
German
1 entries- Skylla name (personification of the rock)
Greek
1 entries- Σκύλλα name (personification of the rock)
Hungarian
1 entries- Szkülla name (personification of the rock)
Italian
1 entries- Scilla name (personification of the rock)
Japanese
2 entries- スキュラ name (personification of the rock)
- スキュレー name (personification of the rock)
Korean
1 entries- 스킬라 name (personification of the rock)
Latin
1 entries- Scylla name (personification of the rock)
Middle French
1 entries- Scylle name (personification of the rock)
Polish
2 entries- Scylla name (personification of the rock)
- Skylla name (personification of the rock)
Portuguese
1 entries- Cila name (personification of the rock)
Romanian
1 entries- Scila name (personification of the rock)
Russian
1 entries- Сци́лла name (personification of the rock)
Slovene
1 entries- Scila name (personification of the rock)
Spanish
1 entries- Escila name (personification of the rock)
Swedish
1 entries- Skylla name (personification of the rock)
Ukrainian
2 entries- Скілла name (personification of the rock)
- Сци́лла name (personification of the rock)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom is caught between Scylla and Charybdis.
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"Ye know mad Scylla, and her monsters' yell, / and the dark caverns where the Cyclops dwell."
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"Here Scylla, leftward sits Charybdis fell, / who, yawning thrice, her lowest depths laid bare, / sucks the vast billows in her throat's dark hell, / then starward spouts the refluent surge in air."
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