syrtis – Latin noun declension

Latin noun forms of syrtis

Noun: syrtis
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine Declension: Third

Nominative

Singularsyrtis
Pluralsyrtēs

Genitive

Singularsyrtis
Pluralsyrtium

Dative

Singularsyrtī
Pluralsyrtibus

Accusative

Singularsyrtim; syrtin
Pluralsyrtēs; syrtīs

Ablative

Singularsyrtī
Pluralsyrtibus

Vocative

Singularsyrtis
Pluralsyrtēs

Sample Sentences

  • [...] 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.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.110–112]

Nouns inflected like syrtis

syrtis, capparis,

Etymology

Generalized form of Syrtis (“Sirte, Gulf of Syrtis”), from Ancient Greek Σύρτις (Súrtis), an area of Libya proverbially treacherous for sailing owing to the effect of wind and waves on its quicksand. See: Ancient Greek Nouns 'Σύρτις'.

Verbs referencing "syrtis"

English Nouns syrtis.

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