EURIPUS

Etymology

Noun

euripus (plural euripuses or euripi)

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 Eubaea and Baeotia.

(by extension) A flux and reflux.

Source: Wiktionary


Eu*ri"pus, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

Definition: A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubæa and Bæotia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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