Ζέφυρος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Probably related to ζόφος (zophos, “darkness, west”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /zdépʰyros/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /zɛ́pʰyros/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /zéɸyros/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /zéfyros/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /zéfiɾos/

Proper noun

Ζέφυρος (genitive Ζεφύρου) m, second declension; (Zephuros)

1. Zephyrus, the west wind

Inflection

    Second declension of Ζέφῠρος, Ζεφύρου

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ζέφῠρος
Genitive	Ζεφύρου
Dative	Ζεφύρῳ
Accusative	Ζέφῠρον
Vocative	Ζέφῠρε

Descendants

• Breton: Zefyros
• Czech: Zefyros
• Dutch: Zephyros
• English: Zephyrus, Zephyr
• French: Zéphyr
• German: Zephyr
• Greek: Ζέφυρος (Zefyros)
• Hebrew: זפירוס, זפיר
• Hungarian: Zephürosz
• Italian: Zefiro
• Japanese: ゼピュロス (Zepyurosu)
• Latin: Zephyrus
• Lithuanian: Zefyras
• Old Armenian: զեփիւռ (zepʿiwṙ)
  • Armenian: զեփյուռ (zep’yuṙ)
• Polish: Zefir
• Portuguese: Zéfiro
• Spanish: Céfiro
• Swedish: Zefyros

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1029