Σύρτις
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Ancient GreekEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
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)
DeclensionEdit
NounEdit
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)
DeclensionEdit
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(ν) taîs Súrtesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Σῠ́ρτῐν tḕn Súrtin |
τὼ Σῠ́ρτει tṑ Súrtei |
τᾱ̀ς Σῠ́ρτεις tā̀s Súrteis | ||||||||||
Vocative | Σῠ́ρτῐ Súrti |
Σῠ́ρτει Súrtei |
Σῠ́ρτεις Súrteis | ||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. |
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(ν) Σῠ́ρτῐσῐ(ν) 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 | ||||||||||
Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Σύρτις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “G4950”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- 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.