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. 1. 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 Daisanmeans the same thing.
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