Euripus

[ju'raipәs]

Definition

(n.) 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 Eubaea and Baeotia. Hence, a flux and reflux.

Checker: Sabina

Definition

n. an arm of the sea with strong currents: the water-channel between the arena and cavea of a Roman hippodrome.

Edited by Leopold