Σοῦδα

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See also: σούδα and Σούδα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Byzantine Greek σούδα (soúda, “trench, ditch”), later "stronghold" (presumably of knowledge), the variant title Σουΐδας (Souḯdas) being the result of an error made by Eustathius of Thessalonica, who mistook the title for the author's name.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σοῦδᾰ • (Soûdă) f (genitive —); first declension

  1. (Byzantine) the Suda, a 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia

Descendants

  • Greek: Σούδα (Soúda)
  • Latin: Sūda

References

  1. ^ Hemmerdinger, Bertrand (1998). "Suidas, et non la Souda". In: Bollettino dei classici, 3rd ser. 19: 31f
  2. ^ Dölger, Franz (1936). Der Titel der sogenannten Suidaslexicons. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Abteilung. Jahrgang 1936. Heft 6. München: Bayerische Akademie des Wissenschaften
  3. ^ Dölger, Franz (1938). "Zur σοῦδα – Frage". Byzantinische Zeitschrift. 38 (1): 36–57

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