id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3119 Suda - Wikipedia .html text/html 1474 171 60 First page of an early printed edition of the Suda The Suda or Souda (/ˈsuːdə/; Medieval Greek: Σοῦδα, romanized: Soûda; Latin: Suidae Lexicon)[1] is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας). It explains the source, derivation, and meaning of words according to the philology of its period, using such earlier authorities as Harpocration and Helladios.[3][4] It is a rich source of ancient and Byzantine history and life, although not every article is of equal quality, and it is an "uncritical" compilation.[3] ^ Gaisford, Thomas, ed., (1853) (Suidae lexicon: Graecè et Latinè, Volume 1, Part 1, page XXXIX (in Greek and Latin) Suda lexicon at the Online Books Page Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Articles incorporating text from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3119.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3119.txt