syrtos

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noun

A folk dance of classical and modern Greece.

OriginGreek συρτός ← Koine Greek συρτός ← Ancient Greek συρτός →
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Meanings

noun
  1. A folk dance of classical and modern Greece.

    He was drawn into a dance, a syrtos of the young people of Lixouri.

    1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 78

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσυρτός“dragging along”
  2. Koine Greekσυρτός
  3. Greekσυρτός
  4. Englishsyrtos

From Greek συρτός (syrtós), Koine Greek συρτός (surtós), noun use of Ancient Greek συρτός (surtós, “dragging along”), from σύρειν (súrein, “to drag along, sweep away”).

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APA

syrtos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syrtos

MLA

“syrtos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syrtos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “syrtos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syrtos.

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