Σύρτις

εως, ιος, ιδος, ἡ

σύρω

A. the Syrtis, name of two large shallow gulfs on the coast of Libya, Hdt. 2.32, 150, etc.
II. metaph., destruction, ἄλλα δ’ ἄλλαν θραῦεν ς. Tim. Pers. 99, cf. Cic. Orat. 3.41.163, Hsch.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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