Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Σύρτις, σύρτις f

1. 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)

Noun

Σύρτις, σύρτις

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)

Descendants

• Syrtis
• Sirte
• سرت

References

• 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.