Significatio vocis syrtis | Babel Free

Definitiones

1. synonym of Syrtis Major, Gulf of Sidra (a gulf of the Mediterranean, Libya)
   declension-3, feminine, singular
2. sandbank, sand bar, quicksand
   declension-3, feminine
3. synonym of Syrtis Minor, Gulf of Gabes (a gulf of the Mediterranean, Libya)
   declension-3, feminine, singular
4. Sirte (a city in Libya) or its hinterland
   declension-3, feminine, singular

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Exempla

“… trīs Eurus ab altō in brevia et syrtīs urget, miserābile vīsū, inlīditque vadīs atque aggere cingit harēnae. … three [ships] the Southeaster drives from the deep sea onto shallow sandbanks – [a sight] miserable to behold – and dashes [them] on the shoals and surrounds [them] with mounds of sand. (Latin texts vary: “syrtis” or “syrtes.” Specifically, the poetic geography could intend either “Syrtis Major,” now known as the Gulf of Sidra, or “Syrtis Minor⟳,” now the Gulf of Gabès. The Greek east or southeast wind was Eurus.)”

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