ζωρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Solmsen, the word is related to Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“vehement, furious”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *yoHro-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdɔː.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zoˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zoˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zoˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zoˈros/
Adjective
ζωρός • (zōrós) m or f (neuter ζωρόν); second declension
Declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ζωρός zōrós |
ζωρόν zōrón |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωροί zōroí |
ζωρᾰ́ zōrá | ||||||||
Genitive | ζωροῦ zōroû |
ζωροῦ zōroû |
ζωροῖν zōroîn |
ζωροῖν zōroîn |
ζωρῶν zōrôn |
ζωρῶν zōrôn | ||||||||
Dative | ζωρῷ zōrôi |
ζωρῷ zōrôi |
ζωροῖν zōroîn |
ζωροῖν zōroîn |
ζωροῖς zōroîs |
ζωροῖς zōroîs | ||||||||
Accusative | ζωρόν zōrón |
ζωρόν zōrón |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωρούς zōroús |
ζωρᾰ́ zōrá | ||||||||
Vocative | ζωρέ zōré |
ζωρόν zōrón |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωροί zōroí |
ζωρᾰ́ zōrá | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ζωρῶς zōrôs |
ζωρότερος zōróteros |
ζωρότᾰτος zōrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “ζωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζωρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ζωρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN