Σοῦσα

See also: Σούσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (ç-u-š-a /⁠Çūšā⁠/), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (Šušen).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Σοῦσᾰ • (Soûsă) n (genitive Σούσων); second declension

Susa (an ancient city in 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 earinōî thálpei kaì psúkhei diágein aeí.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (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

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Σοῦσᾰ; τῶν Σούσων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Σοῦσᾰ tằ Soûsă
Genitive	τῶν Σούσων tôn Soúsōn
Dative	τοῖς Σούσοις toîs Soúsois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Σοῦσᾰ tằ Soûsă
Vocative	Σοῦσᾰ Soûsă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Σουσιανός (Sousianós)
- Σουσιανή (Sousianḗ)
Σούσῐος (Soúsĭos)
Σουσῐ́ς (Sousĭ́s)

Descendants

Greek: Σούσα (Soúsa)
→ Latin: Sūsa