ἴσσα
See also: Ἴσσα and -ισσα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare σίττα (sítta, “a cry of drovers”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ís.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈis.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈis.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈis.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.sa/
Further reading
- “ἴσσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴσσα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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