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Scylla|ˈsɪlə|
[L.; a. Gr. σκύλλα.]
A rock upon the Italian side of the Straits of Messina facing Charybdis (q.v. for the proverbial use); also personified as a dangerous sea-monster.
c1520Andrew Noble Lyfe iii. lxxii, Scilla is a monster in the see betwene Italye & Sicill, it is great ennemye vnto man. a1547? Surrey in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 241 Seas..Which we [read me] haue tossed sore: From Sicilla [read Scilla] to Caribdis cliues. c1580W. Spelman Dialoge (1896) 3, I ffell from Silla into Caribdes, from euyll to woors. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iii. v. 19. c 1620 T. Robinson Mary Magd. 607 Or as y⊇ iawes of Scyllas barkinge hounds, That aye for greedinesse of booties raue. 1651Reg. Comm. Gen. Assembly (1909) 244 Our former Warnings..hes stiered a steadie course betwixt the Shylla of Malignants and Charibdis of Sectaries. 1703Kelsey Serm. 290 The Scylla's and Charibdis's which have swallowed up many Mortals. 1865H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons iii, Alas, the poor father in avoiding Charybdis had run against Scylla. |