Σύρτις,
genitive εως, Ionic dialect ιος, also ιδος [[ 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 477 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+], ἡ: (σύρω):— the Syrtis, name of two large shallow gulfs on the coast of Libya, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32, 150, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, destruction, ἄλλα δ᾽ ἄλλαν θραῦεν σ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Timotheus Lyricus “Persae” 99, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Oralor” 3.41.163, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]