Serbonianadj.

Brit.

/səːˈbəʊnɪən/, U.S.

/sərˈboʊniən/

Forms: 1600s Syrbonian, 1600s– Serbonian, 1700s– Sirbonian.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Sirbonis , -an suffix; Greek Σερβωνίς , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Sirbonis (Pliny; in post-classical Latin also Serbonis (4th cent.), Syrbonis (1509 or earlier)) and its etymon ancient Greek Σερβωνίς (in Hellenistic Greek also Σιρβωνίς) + -an suffix.With Serbonian bog compare ancient Greek Σερβωνίς λίμνη (Herodotus), Hellenistic Greek Σιρβωνίς λίμνη (Strabo). Compare the following earlier English expressions: marish Serbonis (1572), lake of Syrboni (1585), lake Sirbon (1601), lake of Sirbon (1615), lake Sirbonis (1617).

Of, relating to, or resembling Lake Serbonis, a shallow lagoon in north-eastern Egypt, variously described in antiquity as being surfaced with sand, surrounded by marshland, or boggy and partly dry. Frequently used allusively to refer something (esp. a situation or predicament) from which it is difficult to extricate oneself, now esp. in Serbonian bog.Lake Serbonis is now usually identified as Lake Bardawil in North Sinai, which is separated from the Mediterranean by a thin strip of land.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quicksand

quick gravela1300

quicksanda1300

sucking sand1513

Syrtis1526

sinking sand1531

syrt1574

Serbonian boga1618

flow1819

the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > quicksand

Serboniana1618

a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. E8^v Past Idumæas Palmy Groves, and past Syrbonian Moors [L. Tartara vasta Syrbotis].

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 592 A gulf profound as that Serbonian Bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where Armies whole have sunk.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 283 In ‘the Serbonian bog’ of this base oligarchy they are all absorbed, sunk, and lost for ever.

1791 tr. J. B. B. d'Anville Compend. Anc. Geogr. 575 It extends along the sea,..as far as Mount Casius, adjacent to the Sirbonian Bog [Fr. Lac Sirbonide].

1837 Southern Lit. Jrnl. July 411 Sliding from his saddle where his horse instinctively made a dead halt at the edge of the impracticable Serbonian bog that lay before him.

1878 Sat. Rev. 28 Sept. 409/1 The sea through which they walked in safety, and in which Pharaoh and his host were drowned, would thus be only the Serbonian lagoon of that maritime coast.

1903 J. Morley Life Gladstone III. viii. vii. 121 The Serbonian bog of Egyptian finance.

1929 H. Williamson Beautiful Years xxiii. 161 His eyes possessed of such terrifying and serbonian glare.

1983 J. Sturdy tr. W. H. Schmidt Faith of Old Test. iv. 32 This place can be identified with a sanctuary of Zeus Kasios at the west end of the Sirbonian Lake (on the coast of the Mediterranean to the east of the Nile delta).

2011 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 20 No branch of our law stands in such need of reform as copyright law, which Mr Birrell not unfairly described as a Serbonian bog.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	serbonian
释义	Serbonianadj. Brit. /səːˈbəʊnɪən/, U.S. /sərˈboʊniən/ Forms: 1600s Syrbonian, 1600s– Serbonian, 1700s– Sirbonian. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Sirbonis , -an suffix; Greek Σερβωνίς , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Sirbonis (Pliny; in post-classical Latin also Serbonis (4th cent.), Syrbonis (1509 or earlier)) and its etymon ancient Greek Σερβωνίς (in Hellenistic Greek also Σιρβωνίς) + -an suffix.With Serbonian bog compare ancient Greek Σερβωνίς λίμνη (Herodotus), Hellenistic Greek Σιρβωνίς λίμνη (Strabo). Compare the following earlier English expressions: marish Serbonis (1572), lake of Syrboni (1585), lake Sirbon (1601), lake of Sirbon (1615), lake Sirbonis (1617). Of, relating to, or resembling Lake Serbonis, a shallow lagoon in north-eastern Egypt, variously described in antiquity as being surfaced with sand, surrounded by marshland, or boggy and partly dry. Frequently used allusively to refer something (esp. a situation or predicament) from which it is difficult to extricate oneself, now esp. in Serbonian bog.Lake Serbonis is now usually identified as Lake Bardawil in North Sinai, which is separated from the Mediterranean by a thin strip of land. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > quicksand quick gravela1300 quicksanda1300 sucking sand1513 Syrtis1526 sinking sand1531 syrt1574 Serbonian boga1618 flow1819 the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective] > quicksand Serboniana1618 a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. E8^v Past Idumæas Palmy Groves, and past Syrbonian Moors [L. Tartara vasta Syrbotis]. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 592 A gulf profound as that Serbonian Bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where Armies whole have sunk. View more context for this quotation 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 283 In ‘the Serbonian bog’ of this base oligarchy they are all absorbed, sunk, and lost for ever. View more context for this quotation 1791 tr. J. B. B. d'Anville Compend. Anc. Geogr. 575 It extends along the sea,..as far as Mount Casius, adjacent to the Sirbonian Bog [Fr. Lac Sirbonide]. 1837 Southern Lit. Jrnl. July 411 Sliding from his saddle where his horse instinctively made a dead halt at the edge of the impracticable Serbonian bog that lay before him. 1878 Sat. Rev. 28 Sept. 409/1 The sea through which they walked in safety, and in which Pharaoh and his host were drowned, would thus be only the Serbonian lagoon of that maritime coast. 1903 J. Morley Life Gladstone III. viii. vii. 121 The Serbonian bog of Egyptian finance. 1929 H. Williamson Beautiful Years xxiii. 161 His eyes possessed of such terrifying and serbonian glare. 1983 J. Sturdy tr. W. H. Schmidt Faith of Old Test. iv. 32 This place can be identified with a sanctuary of Zeus Kasios at the west end of the Sirbonian Lake (on the coast of the Mediterranean to the east of the Nile delta). 2011 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 20 No branch of our law stands in such need of reform as copyright law, which Mr Birrell not unfairly described as a Serbonian bog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1618
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