ζῳδιακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζῴδῐον (zṓidion, “little animal”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, 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 • (zōidiakós) 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 zōidiakós	ζῳδῐᾰκή zōidiakḗ	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidiakón		ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidiakā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ		ζῳδῐᾰκοί zōidiakoí	ζῳδῐᾰκαί zōidiakaí	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidiaká
Genitive		ζῳδῐᾰκοῦ zōidiakoû	ζῳδῐᾰκῆς zōidiakês	ζῳδῐᾰκοῦ zōidiakoû		ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidiakoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖν zōidiakaîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidiakoîn		ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidiakôn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidiakôn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidiakôn
Dative		ζῳδῐᾰκῷ zōidiakôi	ζῳδῐᾰκῇ zōidiakêi	ζῳδῐᾰκῷ zōidiakôi		ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidiakoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖν zōidiakaîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidiakoîn		ζῳδῐᾰκοῖς zōidiakoîs	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖς zōidiakaîs	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖς zōidiakoîs
Accusative		ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidiakón	ζῳδῐᾰκήν zōidiakḗn	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidiakón		ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidiakā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ		ζῳδῐᾰκούς zōidiakoús	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ς zōidiakā́s	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidiaká
Vocative		ζῳδῐᾰκέ zōidiaké	ζῳδῐᾰκή zōidiakḗ	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidiakón		ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidiakā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ		ζῳδῐᾰκοί zōidiakoí	ζῳδῐᾰκαί zōidiakaí	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidiaká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ζῳδῐᾰκῶς zōidiakôs				ζῳδῐᾰκώτερος zōidiakṓteros				ζῳδῐᾰκώτᾰτος zōidiakṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: zodiac
• Latin: zodiacus