The Collaborative International Dictionary
Euripus \Eu*ri"pus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; e'y^ well + ? a rushing
motion.]
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a
current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient
frith of this name between Eub[oe]a and B[oe]otia. Hence, a
flux and reflux.
--Burke.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
strait between Euboea and the Greek mainland, notorious for its violent and unpredictable currents, from eu- "good, well" (see eu-) + rhipe "rush." Apparently euphemistic.
Wiktionary
n. 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 Eubaea and Baeotia. 2 (context by extension English) A flux and reflux.
Wikipedia
Euripus is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. The three species in the genus are native to South and Southeast Asia.
Euripus can refer to:
- Euripus Strait in Central Greece
- Chalcis, a town located on the strait, was also known as Euripus in the Middle Ages
- Euripus (genus) a genus of butterflies
Usage examples of "euripus".
So Perseus sailed away with his Phoenicians, round Hydrea and Sunium, past Marathon and the Attic shore, and through Euripus, and up the long Euboean sea, till he came to the town of Larissa, where the wild Pelasgi dwelt.
For the Euripus is the key to Greece by sea as the pass of Thermopylae is by land.