Scylla

Learned borrowing from New Latin Scylla, from Ancient Greek Σκύλλα (Skúlla).

Scylla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – mud crab, mangrove crab.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Portunoidea - superfamily; Portunidae - family; Portuninae - subfamily

• (genus): Scylla serrata (giant mud crab) - type species; Scylla oceanica, Scylla olivacea (orange mud crab), Scylla paramamosain (green mud crab), Scylla tranquebarica (purple mud crab) - other species

• Scylla (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scylla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scylla (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scylla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Scylla at Encyclopedia of Life
• Scylla at World Register of Marine Species

From Latin Scylla, from Ancient Greek Σκύλλα (Skúlla).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Scylla

1. A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily. The passage between Scylla and Charybdis was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying between Scylla and Charybdis signifies a great peril on either hand.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 85:

     I have never yet been able to steer my lovers through the Scylla of presence, or the Charybdis of absence.

2. (Greek mythology) A personification of said rock as a ravenous monster.
3. (Greek mythology) A princess, daughter of King Nisos of Megara, who fell in love with King Minos and betrayed her city to him.
   • 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto III,

     Ah cease rash Youth! desist e'er 'tis too late, / Fear the just Gods, and think of Scylla′s Fate!

4. (astronomy) The main belt asteroid 155 Scylla.

• between Scylla and Charybdis

• Charybdis

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• Scylla (princess) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 155 Scylla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Scally, scally

From Ancient Greek Σκύλλα (Skúlla).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskyl.la/, [ˈs̠kʏlːʲä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃil.la/, [ˈʃilːä]

Scylla f sg (genitive Scyllae); first declension

1. Scylla (rock on the Italian coast)
2. (Greek mythology) Scylla (a ravenous monster)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Scyllaeus (“of or relating to Scylla”)