Charybdis

·noun A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. ·see Scylla.

Charybdis
CHARYBDIS(Χάρυβδις), a celebrated whirlpool in the Sicilian Straits, between Messana and Rhegium, bu...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Charybdis
Chărybdis, is, f., = Χάρυβδις, I a dangerous whirlpool between Italy and Sicily , opposite to Scyll...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Charybdis
Charybdis is (acc.im or in, abl.ī), f , χάρυβδις, a whirlpool between Italy and Sicily, personified...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary