syrtim
Dictionary entries
- Entry →syrtis, syrtis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
sandbank, quicksand; (esp. one on the coast of North Africa);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...agmen committere gentes armorum fidens et terra cingere Syrtim. hoc eadem suadebat hiemps quae clauserat aequor; et spes..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sequendo coegit; ipse cum sexaginta equitibus ad minorem Syrtim peruenit. ibi cum conscientia egregia saepe repetiti regni paterni..."