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Σουσίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Σουσίς Σουσίδος

Structure: Σουσιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. of Susa

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἱ δὲ Μῆδοι παρῆσαν, ἃ μὲν οἱ μάγοι ἔφρασαν τοῖσ θεοῖσ ἐξελεῖν, ἀποδόντεσ τοῖσ μάγοισ, Κύρῳ δ’ ἐξῃρηκότεσ τὴν καλλίστην σκηνὴν καὶ τὴν Σουσίδα γυναῖκα, ἣ καλλίστη δὴ λέγεται ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ γυνὴ γενέσθαι, καὶ μουσουργοὺσ δὲ δύο τὰσ κρατίστασ, δεύτερον δὲ Κυαξάρῃ τὰ δεύτερα, τοιαῦτα δὲ ἄλλα ὧν ἐδέοντο ἑαυτοῖσ ἐκπληρώσαντεσ, ὡσ μηδενὸσ ἐνδεόμενοι στρατεύωνται· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 6 13:2)
  • οἱ γὰρ Πέρσαι κρατήσαντεσ Μήδων καὶ ὁ Κῦροσ, ὁρῶντεσ τὴν μὲν οἰκείαν γῆν ἐπ’ ἐσχάτοισ που ταττομένην, τὴν δὲ Σουσίδα ἐνδοτέρω καὶ πλησιαιτέραν τῇ Βαβυλωνίᾳ καὶ τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ἔθνεσιν, ἐνταῦθα ἔθεντο τὸ τῆσ ἡγεμονίασ βασίλειον· (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 3 4:2)
  • ἅμα καὶ τὸ ὅμορον τῆσ χώρασ ἀποδεξάμενοι καὶ τὸ ἀξίωμα τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ κρεῖττον τὸ μηδέποτε καθ’ ἑαυτὴν τὴν Σουσίδα πραγμάτων μεγάλων ἐπήβολον γεγονέναι, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ ὑφ’ ἑτέροισ ὑπάρξαι καὶ ἐν μέρει τετάχθαι συστήματοσ μείζονοσ, πλὴν εἰ ἄρα τὸ παλαιὸν τὸ κατὰ τοὺσ ἡρ́ωασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 3 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. of Susa

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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