Ζήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dyḗm, accusative case of *dyḗws, which gives Ζεύς (Zeús). Cognate with Latin diem (whence fabricated nominative diēs).

Proper noun

Ζήν • (Zḗn) m

1. Poetic form of Ζεύς (Zeús)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ζήν; τοῦ Ζηνός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζήν ho Zḗn
Genitive	τοῦ Ζηνός toû Zēnós
Dative	τῷ Ζηνῐ́ tôi Zēní
Accusative	τὸν Ζῆνᾰ tòn Zêna
Vocative	Ζήν Zḗn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“Ζήν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “Ζήν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers