The exact spelling of the title is disputed. The transmitted title (paradosis) is "Suida", which is also attested in Eustathius' commentary on Homer's epic poems; several conjectures has been made, both … 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 … 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 digraphs, e.g. αι, ει, οι, that had been previously, earlier in the history of Greek, distinct 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

• Küster, Ludolf, ed. (1705). Suidae Lexicon, Graece & Latine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.: vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3.
• Gaisford, Thomas, ed. (1834). Suidae Lexicon. Oxford: Oxford University Press.: vol. 1 (A–Θ), vol. 2 (Κ–Ψ) See more

• Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder
• Etymologicum Magnum
• Etymologicum Genuinum
• Hesychius of Alexandria See more

• Index of the Suda on line
• Suda On Line. An on-line edition of the Greek (the Ada Adler edition) with full English translations and commentary.
• Suda lexicon at the See more