Σύρτις
From LSJ
ἐφ' ἁρμαμαξῶν μαλθακῶς κατακείμενοι → reclining softly on litters, reclining luxuriously in covered carriages
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.
