quick-sand
quick-sand: the want of a specific word is supplied by the poetic use of Syrtis, is, f. (ĭdos, Lucan 9, 709), and the pl. (σύρτις, fr. σύρω, traho): cf. sive per Syrtes iter aestuosas, Hor. Od. 1, 22, 5: q.-sands stirred up by the S. wind, s. exercitatae Noto, id. Epod. 9, 3: cf. description, Avien. Perieg. 293:
/* "Major vasta sibi late trahit aequora Syrtis Infidumque rati pelagus furit." */
Cf. Propert. 2, 7, 71, incerto mutantur flamine syrtes: epithets (sing. and pl.): shifting, and faithless, incerta, Sen. Hippol. 570: vaga, Lucan 9, 431: ambigua, ib. 713: dubiae, ib. 861: shallow, vadosa, id. 5, 484 devouring, saevae, Val. Flacc. 7, 86: inhospita, Ov. M. 8, 120: naufraga, Sil. 17, 635: dreaded, horrenda, Tib. 3, 4, 91. Fig.: syrtis patrimonii, Cic. de Or. 3, 41: so, "q.-sand of deceit" (Shaksp.), *syrtis ipsissima doli or fraudis: I have marked some of the q.-sands and shoals of life, *quasdam ex syrtibus atque vadis hujus vitae notavi: fearing to run (or fall) upon the quick-sands, timentes ne in Syrtim inciderent, Vulg. Act. xxvii. 17 (where the original is specific for the Syrtis Major). The Goodwin Sands, *syrtis Godwinia or comitis Godwini.
/* "Major vasta sibi late trahit aequora Syrtis Infidumque rati pelagus furit." */
Cf. Propert. 2, 7, 71, incerto mutantur flamine syrtes: epithets (sing. and pl.): shifting, and faithless, incerta, Sen. Hippol. 570: vaga, Lucan 9, 431: ambigua, ib. 713: dubiae, ib. 861: shallow, vadosa, id. 5, 484 devouring, saevae, Val. Flacc. 7, 86: inhospita, Ov. M. 8, 120: naufraga, Sil. 17, 635: dreaded, horrenda, Tib. 3, 4, 91. Fig.: syrtis patrimonii, Cic. de Or. 3, 41: so, "q.-sand of deceit" (Shaksp.), *syrtis ipsissima doli or fraudis: I have marked some of the q.-sands and shoals of life, *quasdam ex syrtibus atque vadis hujus vitae notavi: fearing to run (or fall) upon the quick-sands, timentes ne in Syrtim inciderent, Vulg. Act. xxvii. 17 (where the original is specific for the Syrtis Major). The Goodwin Sands, *syrtis Godwinia or comitis Godwini.