Σοῦσα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (Çūšā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sûː.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsu.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsu.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsu.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsu.sa/
Proper noun
Σοῦσᾰ • (Soûsa) n (genitive Σούσων); second declension
- Susa, Iran
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.6.22:
- αὐτὸς δ’ ἐν μέσῳ τούτων τὴν δίαιταν ποιησάμενος, τὸν μὲν ἀμφὶ τὸν χειμῶνα χρόνον διῆγεν ἐν Βαβυλῶνι ἑπτὰ μῆνας· αὕτη γὰρ ἀλεεινὴ ἡ χώρα· τὸν δὲ ἀμφὶ τὸ ἔαρ τρεῖς μῆνας ἐν Σούσοις· τὴν δὲ ἀκμὴν τοῦ θέρους δύο μῆνας ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις· οὕτω δὴ ποιοῦντ’ αὐτὸν λέγουσιν ἐν ἐαρινῷ θάλπει καὶ ψύχει διάγειν ἀεί.
- autòs d’ en mésōi toútōn tḕn díaitan poiēsámenos, tòn mèn amphì tòn kheimôna khrónon diêgen en Babulôni heptà mênas; haútē gàr aleeinḕ hē khṓra; tòn dè amphì tò éar treîs mênas en Soúsois; tḕn dè akmḕn toû thérous dúo mênas en Ekbatánois; hoútō dḕ poioûnt’ autòn légousin en earinôi thálpei kaì psúkhei diágein aeí.
- αὐτὸς δ’ ἐν μέσῳ τούτων τὴν δίαιταν ποιησάμενος, τὸν μὲν ἀμφὶ τὸν χειμῶνα χρόνον διῆγεν ἐν Βαβυλῶνι ἑπτὰ μῆνας· αὕτη γὰρ ἀλεεινὴ ἡ χώρα· τὸν δὲ ἀμφὶ τὸ ἔαρ τρεῖς μῆνας ἐν Σούσοις· τὴν δὲ ἀκμὴν τοῦ θέρους δύο μῆνας ἐν Ἐκβατάνοις· οὕτω δὴ ποιοῦντ’ αὐτὸν λέγουσιν ἐν ἐαρινῷ θάλπει καὶ ψύχει διάγειν ἀεί.
- (Can we date this quote?), Adolphe Dureau de La Malle, Recherches sur la topographie de Carthage (overall work in French), Paris: Firmin Didot Frères, published 1835, Carthage romaine, « Temple et Culte de Cœlestis », page 163, footnote 4 (contined on page 164):
- ἐκατέρωθεν δὲ διείληπτο ζωδίοις ἐνυφασμένοις, ἄνωθεν μὲν Σούσοις κάτωθεν δὲ Πέρσαις
- ekatérōthen dè dieílēpto zōdíois enuphasménois, ánōthen mèn Soúsois kátōthen dè Pérsais
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