Lewis & Short

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eurīpus (-os), i, m., = εὔριπος, a narrow channel, strait.

  1. I. Prop.
    1. A. In gen., Cic. Mur. 17; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 99; 2, 97, 100, § 219.
    2. B. In partic.: Eurīpus, i, m., = Εὔριπος, the channel between Boeotia and Euboea, now Egripo, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 63; Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 28, 6; 31, 24; Luc. 5, 235 al.
  2. II. Transf., a canal, conduit, aqueduct.
    1. A. In gen.: ductus aquarum, quos isti nilos et euripos vocant, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 2; Vitr. 7, 5; Front. Aquaed. 84; Sen. Ep. 83; Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 63; 36, 15, 24, § 123; Plin. Ep. 1, 3 al.
    2. B. In partic., the trench that ran round the Roman circus, Suet. Caes. 39; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 21; Lampr. Heliog. 23; cf. Smith’s Antiq. p. 53 a.