| 释义 |
Susian, a. and n.|ˈsuːzɪən|
[ad. L. Sūsiānus, Gr. σούσιος, σουσιανή Susian, f. the name (τά) σοῦσα Susa (cf. OPers. Shush): see -ian.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to (Susa, the ancient capital of) Susiana (modern Khuzistan in Iran), its natives or inhabitants, or the language spoken by them.
B. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Susiana or its capital, Susa.
b. The language of the Susians, known from inscriptions of the third millenium B.C., also known as Elamite (see Elamite n. and a.). Also Susiˈanian a. and n.
1552W. Barkar tr. Xenophon's Cyropædia iv. sig. Qiv, They had selected a moste goodly tente for Cyrus, and a Seusian woman. 1601P. Holland tr. Pliny's Nat. Hist. vi. xxvii. 138 It receiveth..the river Hedypnus..and one more out of the Susianes countrey. 1857W. K. Loftus Trav. Chaldæa & Susiana xxviii. 372 The details of the Susian and Persepolitan structures. Ibid. xxx. 408 A much-defaced and weathered inscription, written in a language which M. Oppert terms ‘late Susanian’. Ibid. 426 Pliny, referring to Susa, says that ‘the Eulæus surrounded the citadel of the Susians’. 1874A. H. Sayce in Trans. Soc. Bibl. Archaeol. III. 466 The Susians, or Susianians proper, who had their seat at Shushan. Ibid. 474 This plural in -ib (or -be after a consonant) meets us again in Susian. Ibid. 476 Susian or southern Susianian. Ibid. 484 The Susian and Accadian genitive follows the substantive which governs it. 1877G. Rawlinson Orig. of Nations ii. iv. 213 The primitive Babylonians and their neighbors and kinsmen, the Susianians. Ibid., Babylonian and Susianian royal names. 1915P. M. Sykes Hist. Persia I. iv. 57 In Elam there are found..proper names..which belong to a language..known among scholars as Anzanite, Susian, or simply Elamite. Ibid. 58 The chief deity..was referred to as..the ‘Susian’. Ibid. 54 There was a very ancient occupation of the Susian plain. 1948W. W. Tarn Alexander the Great II. ii. 311 It remains to consider the Susian satrapy mentioned above. 1965W. Culican Medes & Persians v. 98 Besides Medes, Persians and Susians, R. D. Barnett has listed..Haraiva [etc.]. Ibid. 102 The tablets..are file-copies kept by the Susian scribes. |