ἴσσα

See also: Ἴσσα and -ισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare σίττα (sítta, “a cry of drovers”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ís.sa/ → /ˈis.sa/ → /ˈi.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ís.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.sa/

Interjection

ἴσσα • (íssa)

1. exclamation of malicious triumph over another's distress

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