ἴσσα

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See also: Ἴσσα and -ισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare σίττα (sítta, “a cry of drovers”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ís.sa/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa/

Interjection

ἴσσα • (íssa)

exclamation of malicious triumph over another's distress

Further reading

“ἴσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἴσσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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