ζῳδιακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζῴδῐον (zōídĭon, “little animal”) +‎ -ᾰκός (-ăkós, “-ac”, adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔːi̯.di.a.kós/ → /zo.ði.aˈkos/ → /zo.ði.aˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔːi̯.di.a.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zo.di.aˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zo.ði.aˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zo.ði.aˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zo.ði.aˈkos/

Adjective

ζῳδῐᾰκός • (zōidĭăkós) m (feminine ζῳδῐᾰκή, neuter ζῳδῐᾰκόν); first/second declension

1. of or relating to little animals
2. of or relating to the zodiac

Declension

First and second declension of ζῳδῐᾰκός; ζῳδῐᾰκή; ζῳδῐᾰκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ζῳδῐᾰκός zōidĭăkós	ζῳδῐᾰκή zōidĭăkḗ	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidĭăkón		ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidĭăkā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ		ζῳδῐᾰκοί zōidĭăkoí	ζῳδῐᾰκαί zōidĭăkaí	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidĭăkắ
Genitive		ζῳδῐᾰκοῦ zōidĭăkoû	ζῳδῐᾰκῆς zōidĭăkês	ζῳδῐᾰκοῦ zōidĭăkoû		ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidĭăkoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖν zōidĭăkaîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidĭăkoîn		ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidĭăkôn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidĭăkôn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidĭăkôn
Dative		ζῳδῐᾰκῷ zōidĭăkōî	ζῳδῐᾰκῇ zōidĭăkēî	ζῳδῐᾰκῷ zōidĭăkōî		ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidĭăkoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖν zōidĭăkaîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidĭăkoîn		ζῳδῐᾰκοῖς zōidĭăkoîs	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖς zōidĭăkaîs	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖς zōidĭăkoîs
Accusative		ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidĭăkón	ζῳδῐᾰκήν zōidĭăkḗn	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidĭăkón		ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidĭăkā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ		ζῳδῐᾰκούς zōidĭăkoús	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ς zōidĭăkā́s	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidĭăkắ
Vocative		ζῳδῐᾰκέ zōidĭăké	ζῳδῐᾰκή zōidĭăkḗ	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidĭăkón		ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidĭăkā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ		ζῳδῐᾰκοί zōidĭăkoí	ζῳδῐᾰκαί zōidĭăkaí	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidĭăkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ζῳδῐᾰκῶς zōidĭăkôs				ζῳδῐᾰκώτερος zōidĭăkṓteros				ζῳδῐᾰκώτᾰτος zōidĭăkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: zōdiacus
  • Old French: zodiaque
    • French: zodiaque
    • Norman: zodiaque
    • → Middle English: zodiak
      • English: zodiac
    • → Classical Gaelic: stoidiace
      • Irish: stoidiaca