Ζάκυνθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek (assumed Pelasgian dialect), but Proto-Hellenic *zákuntʰos can be inferred.

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek [script needed] (za-ku-si-jo).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdá.kyn.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈza.kyn.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.kyn.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.cyn.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈza.cin.θos/

Proper noun

Ζᾰ́κῠνθος • (Zákunthos) f (genitive Ζᾰκῠ́νθου); second declension

Zakynthos or Zacynthus or Zante, Ionian Islands, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ζᾰ́κῠνθος; τῆς Ζᾰκῠ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ζᾰ́κῠνθος hē Zákunthos
Genitive	τῆς Ζᾰκῠ́νθου tês Zakúnthou
Dative	τῇ Ζᾰκῠ́νθῳ têi Zakúnthōi
Accusative	τὴν Ζᾰ́κῠνθον tḕn Zákunthon
Vocative	Ζᾰ́κῠνθε Zákunthe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ζᾰκῠ́νθῐος (Zakúnthios)

Descendants

Czech: Zakynthos
English: Zakynthos, Zacynthus, Zante
French: Zakynthos, Zacynthe, Zante
German: Zakynthos
Greek: Ζάκυνθος (Zákynthos)
Hebrew: זקינתוס‎ (Zakintos)
Italian: Zacinto, Zante
Latin: Zacynthus
Russian: Заки́нф (Zakínf)
Turkish: Zakintos

References

Ζάκυνθος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζάκυνθος (Zákunthos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzacinθos/
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Hyphenation: Ζά‧κυν‧θος

Proper noun

Ζάκυνθος • (Zákynthos) f

Zakynthos, Zante (Ionian island)
Zakynthos, Zante (main town and capital of the island)

Declension

Declension of Ζάκυνθος (Zákynthos)

	singular
nominative	Ζάκυνθος •
genitive	Ζακύνθου •
accusative	Ζάκυνθο •
vocative	Ζάκυνθε • Ζάκυνθο •

Derived terms

Ζακυνθινός m (Zakynthinós, “male Zakynthian”)
Ζακύνθιος m (Zakýnthios, “male Zakynthian”) (formal)
Ζακυνθινή f (Zakynthiní, “female Zakynthian”)
Ζακυνθινιά f (Zakynthiniá, “female Zakynthian”) (formal)
Ζακύνθια f (Zakýnthia, “female Zakynthian”) (formal)
Ζακυνθία f (Zakynthía, “female Zakynthian”) (formal)
ζακυνθινός (zakynthinós) (adjective)

Further reading

Ζάκυνθος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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