Σύρτις

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Uncertain, but possibly from συρτός (surtós, swept, dragged along), from σῡ́ρειν (sū́rein, to drag along) after the proverbially treacherous effect of the wind and the waves on the quicksand of the area. The figurative sense of "destruction" derives from the difficulty of navigating the gulfs due to shoreward drag produced.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Σῠ́ρτῐς (Súrtisf (genitive Σῠ́ρτεως or Σῠ́ρτῐος); third declension

  1. Gulf of Sidra (a gulf of the Mediterranean, Libya)
    • Herodotus, History, Book II, ch. 32, §2:
      τὸ δὲ ἔθνος τοῦτο ἐστὶ μὲν Λιβυκόν, νέμεται δὲ τὴν Σύρτιν τε καὶ τὴν πρὸς ἠῶ χώρην τῆς Σύρτιος οὐκ ἐπὶ πολλόν.
  2. Gulf of Gabes (a gulf of the Mediterranean, Libya)
    • Strabo, Geography, Book XVII, ch. 3:
      Συνεχὴς δ’ἐστὶν ἡ μικρὰ σύρτις, ἣν καὶ Λωτοφαγῖτιν σύρτιν λέγουσιν.
  3. Sirte (a city in Libya)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Noun

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Σῠ́ρτῐς (Súrtisf (genitive Σῠ́ρτεως or Σῠ́ρτῐος); third declension

  1. destruction, ruin
    • ἄλλα δ’ ἄλλαν θραῦεν σύρτις (Timotheus Fragmenta, ed. D.L. Page, Poetae melici Graeci, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962, 1967, 400‑418; fragment 15, line 88)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Σύρτη (Sýrti)
  • Latin: Syrtis
  • Arabic: سرت (Sirt)

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