ζιγνίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δειμνύς (deimnús), διγνύς (dignús), ζίγνης (zígnēs), ζιγνύς (zignús)

Etymology

Unknown. According to Beekes, the alternation δ/ζ could lead to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdi.ɡnís/ → /ziˈɣnis/ → /ziˈɣnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdi.ɡnís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ziˈɡnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ziˈɣnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ziˈɣnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ziˈɣnis/

Noun

ζῐγνῐ́ς • (zignís) f (genitive ζῐγνῐ́δος); third declension

1. kind of lizard

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ζῐγνῐ́ς; τῆς ζῐγνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζῐγνῐ́ς hē zignís	τὼ ζῐγνῐ́δε tṑ zigníde	αἱ ζῐγνῐ́δες hai zignídes
Genitive	τῆς ζῐγνῐ́δος tês zignídos	τοῖν ζῐγνῐ́δοιν toîn zignídoin	τῶν ζῐγνῐ́δων tôn zignídōn
Dative	τῇ ζῐγνῐ́δῐ têi zignídi	τοῖν ζῐγνῐ́δοιν toîn zignídoin	ταῖς ζῐγνῐ́σῐ / ζῐγνῐ́σῐν taîs zignísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ζῐγνῐ́δᾰ tḕn zignída	τὼ ζῐγνῐ́δε tṑ zigníde	τᾱ̀ς ζῐγνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s zignídas
Vocative	ζῐγνῐ́ς zignís	ζῐγνῐ́δε zigníde	ζῐγνῐ́δες zignídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “ζιγνίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζιγνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζιγνίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501