Issus

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Etymology

From Latin Issus, from Ancient Greek Ἰσσός (Issós).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Issus

  1. (historical) An ancient settlement in Cilicia, modern Hatay Province, Turkey, where in 333 BCE Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰσσός (Issós).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Issus f sg (genitive Issī); second declension

  1. Issus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Issus
genitive Issī
dative Issō
accusative Issum
ablative Issō
vocative Isse
locative Issī

Further reading

  • Issus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Issus”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
  • Issus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Issus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Issus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly