Ζήν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dyḗm, accusative case of *dyḗws, which gives Ζεύς (Zeús). Cognate with Latin diem (whence fabricated nominative diēs).

Proper noun

Ζήν • (Zḗn) m

  1. Poetic form of Ζεύς (Zeús)

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ζήν; τοῦ Ζηνός (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ζήν
ho Zḗn
Genitive τοῦ Ζηνός
toû Zēnós
Dative τῷ Ζηνῐ́
tôi Zēní
Accusative τὸν Ζῆνᾰ
tòn Zêna
Vocative Ζήν
Zḗn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

Ζήν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

  • Ζήν in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
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