Σύρτις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Attested by Herodotus (2.32). Perhaps from συρτός (surtós, “swept, washed down”), from the verb σύρω (súrō, “draw, drag, trail along”), after the effect of the wind and the waves on the quicksands in these gulfs.
The metaphorical meaning "destruction" is due to the proverbial difficulty of navigating these gulfs due to shoreward drag.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sýr.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsir.tis/
Proper noun
Σῠ́ρτῐς • (Súrtis) f (genitive Σῠ́ρτεως or Σῠ́ρτῐος); third declension
- the Syrtis, name of two large shallow gulfs on the coast of Libya
- Συνεχὴς δ’ἐστὶν ἡ μικρὰ σύρτις, ἣν καὶ Λωτοφαγῖτιν σύρτιν λέγουσιν. (Strabo, Geographica, 17.3)
Declension
Noun
Σῠ́ρτῐς • (Súrtis) f (genitive Σῠ́ρτεως or Σῠ́ρτῐος); third declension
- 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
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Σῠ́ρτῐς hē Súrtis |
τὼ Σῠ́ρτει tṑ Súrtei |
αἱ Σῠ́ρτεις hai Súrteis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Σῠ́ρτεως tês Súrteōs |
τοῖν Σῠρτέοιν toîn Surtéoin |
τῶν Σῠ́ρτεων tôn Súrteōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Σῠ́ρτει têi Súrtei |
τοῖν Σῠρτέοιν toîn Surtéoin |
ταῖς Σῠ́ρτεσῐ / Σῠ́ρτεσῐν taîs Súrtesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Σῠ́ρτῐν tḕn Súrtin |
τὼ Σῠ́ρτει tṑ Súrtei |
τᾱ̀ς Σῠ́ρτεις tā̀s Súrteis | ||||||||||
Vocative | Σῠ́ρτῐ Súrti |
Σῠ́ρτει Súrtei |
Σῠ́ρτεις Súrteis | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Σῠ́ρτῐς hē Súrtis |
τὼ Σῠ́ρτῐε tṑ Súrtie |
αἱ Σῠ́ρτῐες hai Súrties | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Σῠ́ρτῐος tês Súrtios |
τοῖν Σῠρτῐ́οιν toîn Surtíoin |
τῶν Σῠρτῐ́ων tôn Surtíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Σῠ́ρτῑ têi Súrtī |
τοῖν Σῠρτῐ́οιν toîn Surtíoin |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν Σῠ́ρτῐσῐ / Σῠ́ρτῐσῐν têisi(n) Súrtisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Σῠ́ρτῐν tḕn Súrtin |
τὼ Σῠ́ρτῐε tṑ Súrtie |
τᾱ̀ς Σῠ́ρτῑς / Σῠ́ρτῐᾰς tā̀s Súrtīs / Súrtias | ||||||||||
Vocative | Σῠ́ρτῐ Súrti |
Σῠ́ρτῐε Súrtie |
Σῠ́ρτῐες Súrties | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Σύρτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4950 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- John Lemprière, A classical dictionary: containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors; with the value of coins, weights and measures, used among the Greeks and Romans; and a chronological table (1827), p. 790.
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