euripus

noun /jəˈɹaɪpəs/

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 Euboea and Boeotia.

2. A flux and reflux.

   They have ordained that the provision of this establishment might be as stable as the earth on which it stands , and should not fluctuate with the Euripus of funds and actions

Where it comes from

From Latin eurīpus, from Ancient Greek εὔριπος (eúripos); from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥιπή (rhipḗ, “rushing motion”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry euripus (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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