Word
Scylla
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
scyl-la
Definition
- n. - A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool
Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical
literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly
considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis,"
signifying a great peril on either hand.
- noun - (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait
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