Σύρτις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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
- (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 • (Sŭ́rtĭs) f (genitive Σῠ́ρτεως or Σῠ́ρτῐος); third declension
- Gulf of Sidra (a gulf of the Mediterranean, Libya)
- Gulf of Gabes (a gulf of the Mediterranean, Libya)
- Sirte (a city in Libya)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σῠ́ρτῐς hē Sŭ́rtĭs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σῠ́ρτεως tês Sŭ́rteōs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σῠ́ρτει têi Sŭ́rtei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σῠ́ρτῐν tḕn Sŭ́rtĭn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σῠ́ρτῐ Sŭ́rtĭ | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Μεγάλη Σύρτις (Megálē Súrtis)
- Μικρὰ Σύρτις (Mikrà Súrtis)
Noun
Σῠ́ρτῐς • (Sŭ́rtĭs) 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 Sŭ́rtĭs |
τὼ Σῠ́ρτει tṑ Sŭ́rtei |
αἱ Σῠ́ρτεις hai Sŭ́rteis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σῠ́ρτεως tês Sŭ́rteōs |
τοῖν Σῠρτέοιν toîn Sŭrtéoin |
τῶν Σῠ́ρτεων tôn Sŭ́rteōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σῠ́ρτει têi Sŭ́rtei |
τοῖν Σῠρτέοιν toîn Sŭrtéoin |
ταῖς Σῠ́ρτεσῐ / Σῠ́ρτεσῐν taîs Sŭ́rtesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σῠ́ρτῐν tḕn Sŭ́rtĭn |
τὼ Σῠ́ρτει tṑ Sŭ́rtei |
τᾱ̀ς Σῠ́ρτεις tā̀s Sŭ́rteis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Σῠ́ρτῐ Sŭ́rtĭ |
Σῠ́ρτει Sŭ́rtei |
Σῠ́ρτεις Sŭ́rteis | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σῠ́ρτῐς hē Sŭ́rtĭs |
τὼ Σῠ́ρτῐε tṑ Sŭ́rtĭe |
αἱ Σῠ́ρτῐες hai Sŭ́rtĭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σῠ́ρτῐος tês Sŭ́rtĭos |
τοῖν Σῠρτῐ́οιν toîn Sŭrtĭ́oin |
τῶν Σῠρτῐ́ων tôn Sŭrtĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σῠ́ρτῑ têi Sŭ́rtī |
τοῖν Σῠρτῐ́οιν toîn Sŭrtĭ́oin |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν Σῠ́ρτῐσῐ / Σῠ́ρτῐσῐν têisĭ(n) Sŭ́rtĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σῠ́ρτῐν tḕn Sŭ́rtĭn |
τὼ Σῠ́ρτῐε tṑ Sŭ́rtĭe |
τᾱ̀ς Σῠ́ρτῑς / Σῠ́ρτῐᾰς tā̀s Sŭ́rtīs / Sŭ́rtĭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Σῠ́ρτῐ Sŭ́rtĭ |
Σῠ́ρτῐε Sŭ́rtĭe |
Σῠ́ρτῐες Sŭ́rtĭes | ||||||||||
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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.