The derivation is probably from the Byzantine Greek word souda, meaning "fortress" or "stronghold", with the alternate name, Suidas, stemming from an error made by Eustathius, who mistook the title for the author's … See more

pecus est Suidas, sed pecus aurei velleris [Suidas is cattle, but cattle with a golden fleece]— Lipsius
The Suda is somewhere between a grammatical dictionary and an encyclopedia in the modern sense. It explains the source, … See more

• Küster, Ludolf, ed. (1705). Suidae Lexicon, Graece & Latine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.: vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3 See more

• Index of the Suda on line
• Suda On Line. An on-line edition of the Ada Adler edition with ongoing translations and commentary by registered editors.
• Suda lexicon at … See more

The lexicon is arranged alphabetically with some slight deviations from common vowel order and place in the Greek alphabet (including at each case the homophonous See more

Little is known about the compiler of the Suda. He probably lived in the second half of the 10th century, because the death of emperor John I Tzimiskes and his succession by Basil II and Constantine VIII are mentioned in the entry under "Adam" which is appended … See more