Σοῦσα

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (Çūšā).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Σοῦσᾰ (Soûsan (genitive Σούσων); second declension

  1. Susa, Iran
    • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.6.22:[WS][PDF]
      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.
    • (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
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Σούσα (Soúsa)
  • Latin: Sūsa

Further reading

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  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,026
  • Susa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia