Zetis

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. W. W. Tarn suggested that the term is a nickname originating as syncope of Ancient Greek ζήτησις (zḗtēsis, search), perhaps referring to the expedition of Nearchus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Zetis f sg (genitive Zetis); third declension

  1. A town mentioned by Pliny in Carmania, modern Iran, perhaps present-day Hormuz or Faryab, earlier Gulashkird

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Zetis
Genitive Zetis
Dative Zetī
Accusative Zetem
Ablative Zete
Vocative Zetis
Locative Zetī
Zete

References

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  • Zetis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Cohen, Getzel M. (2013) “Zetis”, in The Hellenistic Settlements to the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 200