σύρτις

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German (Pape)

[Seite 1041] ἡ, die Syrte, eine Sandbank im Meere, bes. an der libyschen Küste, s. nom. pr.; übh. eine Bank bewegliches Sandes, die der Wind zusammengeführt hat, Flugsand.

English (Strong)

from σύρω; a shoal (from the sand drawn thither by the waves), i.e. the Syrtis Major or great bay on the north coast of Africa: quicksands.