Ζεύς

See also: Ζευς

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

  • From Proto-Hellenic *Dzéus, related to Mycenaean Greek 𐀇𐀺 (di-wo /⁠diwos⁠/); from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Cognate with Sanskrit द्यु (dyú), Latin Iovis (and *Iu- in Iuppiter), Old English Tīw, Hittite 𒅆𒍑 (sius).

    Pronunciation

     

    Proper noun

    Ζεύς • (Zeús) m (genitive Δῐός or Δῐϝός or Ζεός or Ζηνός); third declension

    1. (Greek mythology) Zeus
      Παῦε λέγων, μὰ τὸν Δία
      Paûe légōn, mà tòn Día
      Stop talking, by Zeus
      • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 1. :
        Ὦ ᾰ̓νᾰ, Λητοῦς υἱέ, Δῐὸς τέκος
        Ô ănă, Lētoûs huié, Dĭòs tékos
        Oh Lord! Oh son of Leto! Oh child of Zeus!
    2. a name of the emperors of Rome
    3. referring to other gods, such as Amun, Baal, Ahura Mazda
      1. (with καταχθόνιος (katakhthónios) or χθόνιος (khthónios)) = Hades

    Declension

    Irregular declension of ὁ Ζεύς; τοῦ Δῐός (Attic)
    Case / # Singular
    Nominative ὁ Ζεύς / Ζηύς / Δῑ́ς / Ζής / Ζήν
    ho Zeús / Zēús / Dī́s / Zḗs / Zḗn
    Genitive τοῦ Δῐός / Δῐϝός / Ζεός / Ζηνός
    toû Dĭós / Dĭwós / Zeós / Zēnós
    Dative τῷ Δῐῐ́ / Δῑ́ / Δῐϝῐ́ / Δῐϝεί / Δεῐ̈́ / Ζεῐ̈́ / Ζῑ́ / Ζηνῐ́
    tōî Dĭĭ́ / Dī́ / Dĭwĭ́ / Dĭweí / Deĭ̈́ / Zeĭ̈́ / Zī́ / Zēnĭ́
    Accusative τὸν Δῐ́ᾰ / Δῐ́’ / Δῐ́ / Δῐ́ϝᾰ / Ζεῦν / Ζέᾰ / Ζῆνᾰ / Ζῆν’ / Ζῆν
    tòn Dĭ́ă / Dĭ́' / Dĭ́ / Dĭ́wă / Zeûn / Zéă / Zênă / Zên' / Zên
    Vocative Ζεῦ / Ζηῦ / Ζήν
    Zeû / Zēû / Zḗn
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
    • Forms in Ζην- are poetic.

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