ἴσσα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editProbably of onomatopoeic origin. Compare σίττα (sítta, “a cry of drovers”).
Pronunciation
edit- (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/
Interjection
editἴσσα • (íssa)
- exclamation of malicious triumph over another's distress
Further reading
edit- “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