Συροφοίνισσα

Surofoinivssa Surofoinivssa (so Rec.; a form quite harmonizing with the analogies of the language, for as
Kivlix forms the feminine
Kilissa,
Qravx the feminine
Qra'/ssa,
a[nax the feminine
a[nassa, so the feminine of
Foi'nix is always, by the Greeks, called
Foivnissa),
Surofoinivkissa (so L T WH; hardly a pure form, and one which must be derived from
Foinivkh; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 296f; Winer's Grammar, 95 (91)),
Surafoinivkissa (Griesbach; a form which conflicts with the law of composition),
Surafoinikissh",
hJ (Tr WH marginal reading
Suvra
Foinivkissa), a Syrophoenician woman, i. e. of Syrophoenice by race, that is, from the Phoenice forming a part of Syria (
Suro being prefixed for distinction's sake, for there were also
Libufoinike", i. e. the Carthaginians. The Greeks included both Phoenicia and Palestine under the name
hJ
Suriva; hence,
Suriva
hJ
Palaistinh in Herodotus 3, 91; 4, 39; Justin Martyr, Apology ; and
hJ
Foinivkh
Suriva, Diodorus 19, 93;
Surofoinikh, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, c. 78, p. 305 a.): (cf. B. D. under the word Syro-Phoenician). (The masculine
Surofoi'nix is found in Lucian, concil. deor. c. 4; (Syrophoenix in Juvenal, sat. 8, 159 (cf. 160)).)*