SCIRTUS
SCIRTUS (
Σκίρτος, Procop.
de Aed. 2.7), a river of Mesopotamia, a western tributary of the Chaboras (
Chabur).
It flowed from 25 sources, and ran past Edessa. (
Chron. Edess. in Asseman,
Bibl. Or. i. p. 388.) Its name, which signifies the skipping or jumping (from
σκιρτάω), is said to have been derived from its rapid course and its frequent overflowings; and its present name of
Daisan means the same thing.
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