εὔζωνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt, girdle”) and the suffix -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯.zɔː.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈew.zo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeβ.zo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈev.zo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈev.zo.nos/
Adjective
εὔζωνος • (eúzōnos) m or f (neuter εὔζωνον); second declension
- well-girdled (of women)
- girt up for exercise, active (of men)
- unencumbered
- workaday, unpretending, cheap
Inflection
Second declension of εὔζωνος; εὔζωνον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εὔζωνος eúzōnos | εὔζωνον eúzōnon | εὐζώνω euzṓnō | εὐζώνω euzṓnō | εὔζωνοι eúzōnoi | εὔζωνᾰ eúzōna | ||||||||
Genitive | εὐζώνου euzṓnou | εὐζώνου euzṓnou | εὐζώνοιν euzṓnoin | εὐζώνοιν euzṓnoin | εὐζώνων euzṓnōn | εὐζώνων euzṓnōn | ||||||||
Dative | εὐζώνῳ euzṓnōi | εὐζώνῳ euzṓnōi | εὐζώνοιν euzṓnoin | εὐζώνοιν euzṓnoin | εὐζώνοις euzṓnois | εὐζώνοις euzṓnois | ||||||||
Accusative | εὔζωνον eúzōnon | εὔζωνον eúzōnon | εὐζώνω euzṓnō | εὐζώνω euzṓnō | εὐζώνους euzṓnous | εὔζωνᾰ eúzōna | ||||||||
Vocative | εὔζωνε eúzōne | εὔζωνον eúzōnon | εὐζώνω euzṓnō | εὐζώνω euzṓnō | εὔζωνοι eúzōnoi | εὔζωνᾰ eúzōna | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εὐζώνως euzṓnōs | εὐζωνότερος euzōnóteros | εὐζωνότᾰτος euzōnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- εὐζωνία (euzōnía)
References
- “εὔζωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εὔζωνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette