σοῦσον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian zšn. Compare also Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā, “lily”) and Coptic ϣⲱϣⲉⲛ (šōšen).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sûː.son/ → /ˈsu.son/ → /ˈsu.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sûː.son/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.son/

Noun

σοῦσον • (soûson) n (genitive σούσου); second declension

1. lily (plant of the genus Lilium)

   Synonym: κρίνον (krínon)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ σοῦσον; τοῦ σούσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σοῦσον tò soûson	τὼ σούσω tṑ soúsō	τᾰ̀ σοῦσᾰ tà soûsa
Genitive	τοῦ σούσου toû soúsou	τοῖν σούσοιν toîn soúsoin	τῶν σούσων tôn soúsōn
Dative	τῷ σούσῳ tôi soúsōi	τοῖν σούσοιν toîn soúsoin	τοῖς σούσοις toîs soúsois
Accusative	τὸ σοῦσον tò soûson	τὼ σούσω tṑ soúsō	τᾰ̀ σοῦσᾰ tà soûsa
Vocative	σοῦσον soûson	σούσω soúsō	σοῦσᾰ soûsa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• σούσῐνος (soúsinos)

Descendants

• → Middle Persian: [script needed] (swsn' /⁠sōsan⁠/)
  • Classical Persian: سوسَن (sōsan), سَوْسَن (sawsan)
  • → Arabic: سَوْسَن (sawsan)
    • Andalusian Arabic:
      • → Galician: azucena
      • → Portuguese: açucena
      • → Spanish: azucena
    • Moroccan Arabic: سوسان (sūsān)

Further reading

• “σοῦσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σοῦσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• σοῦσον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN