syrtosn.

Brit.

/ˈsəːtɒs/, U.S.

/ˈsərˌtɔs/

Forms: 1800s– surtos, 1800s– syrtos. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek συρτός.

Etymology: < modern Greek συρτός (Hellenistic Greek συρτός , name of a dance), use as noun of ancient Greek συρτός , adjective < σύρειν to drag along, sweep away (see Syrtis n.) + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives.

In classical and modern Greece: a folk dance in which the dancers link hands to form a chain or circle, headed by a leader who intermittently breaks away to perform improvised steps.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [noun] > Greece

Romaika1768

Romaic dance1813

syrtos1814

1814 W. Haygarth Greece 101 The gay syrtos, led By youths and virgins, swell'd the ev'ning pomp Of th' hymenæal feast.

1885 Eastward-ho! Aug. 338 This dance is the well-known Syrtos. About a dozen women, hand-in-hand, were led by one man, who held his neighbour by a handkerchief..to give him more freedom of action for his revolutions.

1892 R. Rodd Customs & Lore Mod. Gr. iii. 86 The Syrtos, a word signifying ‘drawn along’, is danced by men and women in a line.

1907 A. Brittain & M. Carroll Women of Early Christianity 389 Then these sixty women linked their hands together, and..danced the old surtos measure round and round the ledge of rock.

1948 D. Crosfield Dances of Greece 11 The Syrtos..is popular in most of the Islands and is supposed to be a survival of the Old Pyrrhic.

1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin xii. 78 He was drawn into a dance, a syrtos of the young people of Lixouri.

2006 P. Hellander et al. Greek Islands (Lonely Planet) 51 The syrtos..is depicted on ancient vases.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	syrtos
释义	syrtosn. Brit. /ˈsəːtɒs/, U.S. /ˈsərˌtɔs/ Forms: 1800s– surtos, 1800s– syrtos. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek συρτός. Etymology: < modern Greek συρτός (Hellenistic Greek συρτός , name of a dance), use as noun of ancient Greek συρτός , adjective < σύρειν to drag along, sweep away (see Syrtis n.) + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives. In classical and modern Greece: a folk dance in which the dancers link hands to form a chain or circle, headed by a leader who intermittently breaks away to perform improvised steps. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances of other countries > [noun] > Greece Romaika1768 Romaic dance1813 syrtos1814 1814 W. Haygarth Greece 101 The gay syrtos, led By youths and virgins, swell'd the ev'ning pomp Of th' hymenæal feast. 1885 Eastward-ho! Aug. 338 This dance is the well-known Syrtos. About a dozen women, hand-in-hand, were led by one man, who held his neighbour by a handkerchief..to give him more freedom of action for his revolutions. 1892 R. Rodd Customs & Lore Mod. Gr. iii. 86 The Syrtos, a word signifying ‘drawn along’, is danced by men and women in a line. 1907 A. Brittain & M. Carroll Women of Early Christianity 389 Then these sixty women linked their hands together, and..danced the old surtos measure round and round the ledge of rock. 1948 D. Crosfield Dances of Greece 11 The Syrtos..is popular in most of the Islands and is supposed to be a survival of the Old Pyrrhic. 1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin xii. 78 He was drawn into a dance, a syrtos of the young people of Lixouri. 2006 P. Hellander et al. Greek Islands (Lonely Planet) 51 The syrtos..is depicted on ancient vases. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1814
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