sufes
sufes, in Carthage, a judge, chief magistrate, sufet
sūfes (suffes), ĕtis, m. [Phoen., a judge],
- the chief magistrate of the Carthaginians, corresponding to the Roman consul, a sufet, Liv. 28, 37; 30, 7; 34, 61; Sen. Tranq. 4, 5; Inscr. Orell. 3056 sq. —Plur., Liv. 34, 61; cf. Fest. p. 309 Müll., and Gesen. Script. Phoenic. Monum. p. 394.
sūfes (nicht suffes), fetis, m. (phönizisch טפש, Richter), die höchste obrigkeitliche Person in den punischen Städten, der Sufet, Sing., Sen. de tranqu. anim. 4, 5. Fest. 309 (b), 29. – Plur., Liv. 28, 37, 2; 30, 7, 5; 34, 61, 15. Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 4919 u. 4921. Fest. 309 (b), 29. Paul. ex Fest. 308, 12. Vgl. Meltzer-Kahrstedt Geschichte der Karthager 2, 62 u. 478; 3, 68 ff. u. 3, 603 f.
1 sūfes, (15) ĕtis, m. , sufète [magistrats suprêmes à Carthage] : Liv. 28, 37, 2 ; 30, 7, 5 ; 34, 61, 15, cf. Fest. 309 ; P. Fest. 308.
➳ mauv. orth. suffes || abl. pl. sufetis Calidius d. Fest.
sūfes (not suffes), etis, m
- , = sōphēs (Phoenician), in Carthage, a judge, chief magistrate, sufet: sufetes eorum, qui summus Poenis est magistratus, L.
Sufes
and Suffes (Phoen. shōfēth, “a judge”), pl. Suffētes. The name of the higher magistrates among the Carthaginians. See Carthago, p. 285.