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κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) → the finest provision for old age is education

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Transliteration A: Sýrtis Transliteration B: Syrtis Transliteration C: Syrtis Beta Code: *su/rtis

English (LSJ)

gen. εως, Ion. ιος, also ιδος D.P.477, 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.