ζεῦξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmi, “I join”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, “abstract noun suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdêu̯k.sis/ → /ˈzeɸk.sis/ → /ˈzefk.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdêu̯k.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzewk.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzeɸk.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzefk.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzefk.sis/

Noun

ζεῦξῐς • (zeûxis) f (genitive ζεύξεως); third declension

1. the act or manner of yoking oxen
2. bridging two points separated by water

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ζεῦξῐς; τῆς ζεύξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζεῦξῐς hē zeûxis	τὼ ζεύξει tṑ zeúxei	αἱ ζεύξεις hai zeúxeis
Genitive	τῆς ζεύξεως tês zeúxeōs	τοῖν ζευξέοιν toîn zeuxéoin	τῶν ζεύξεων tôn zeúxeōn
Dative	τῇ ζεύξει têi zeúxei	τοῖν ζευξέοιν toîn zeuxéoin	ταῖς ζεύξεσῐ / ζεύξεσῐν taîs zeúxesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ζεῦξῐν tḕn zeûxin	τὼ ζεύξει tṑ zeúxei	τᾱ̀ς ζεύξεις tā̀s zeúxeis
Vocative	ζεῦξῐ zeûxi	ζεύξει zeúxei	ζεύξεις zeúxeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ ζεῦξῐς; τῆς ζεύξῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζεῦξῐς hē zeûxis	τὼ ζεύξῐε tṑ zeúxie	αἱ ζεύξῐες hai zeúxies
Genitive	τῆς ζεύξῐος tês zeúxios	τοῖν ζευξῐ́οιν toîn zeuxíoin	τῶν ζευξῐ́ων tôn zeuxíōn
Dative	τῇ ζεύξῑ têi zeúxī	τοῖν ζευξῐ́οιν toîn zeuxíoin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ζεύξῐσῐ / ζεύξῐσῐν têisi(n) zeúxisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ζεῦξῐν tḕn zeûxin	τὼ ζεύξῐε tṑ zeúxie	τᾱ̀ς ζεύξῑς / ζεύξῐᾰς tā̀s zeúxīs / zeúxias
Vocative	ζεῦξῐ zeûxi	ζεύξῐε zeúxie	ζεύξῐες zeúxies
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ζεῦξις (Zeûxis)

 

Further reading

• “ζεῦξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζεῦξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζεῦξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette