Ζεύς

See also Ζευς

Ancient Greek

Wikipedia

τὸν θεὸν καλέεται Ζεύς

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dyew-. Cognate with Sanskrit द्यु (dyú), Latin Iovis, Old English Tīw, Hittite 𒅆𒍑 (sius).

Alternative forms

• Δάν
• Δεύς (Laconic)
• Ζάν (Doric)
• Ζήν (Poetic)
• Τάν (Cretan)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /zde͜ʊ́s/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /zɛʍs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /zeɸs/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /zeps/

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

Proper noun

Ζεύς (genitive Διός) m, third declension; (Zeus)

1. Zeus

   Παῦε λέγων, μὰ τὸν Δία

   by Zeus!

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ζεύς
Genitive	Διός
Dative	Διί
Accusative	Δία
Vocative	Ζεῦ

Descendants

• English: Zeus
• Greek: Ζευς (Zefs); Δίας (Días)
• Latin: Zeus

References

• Strong's Concordance number: G2203
• Herbert Weir Smyth, Greek Grammar
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1029