ζάθεος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζά (zá) + θεός (theós, “god”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zá.tʰe.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈza.tʰe.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈza.θe.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈza.θe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈza.θe.os/
Adjective
ζάθεος • (zátheos) m or f (neuter ζάθεον); second declension
- very sacred, holy, sacrosanct
- of places favoured by the gods
Inflection
Second declension of ζάθεος; ζάθεον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ζάθεος zátheos | ζάθεον zátheon | ζαθέω zathéō | ζαθέω zathéō | ζάθεοι zátheoi | ζάθεᾰ záthea | ||||||||
Genitive | ζαθέου zathéou | ζαθέου zathéou | ζαθέοιν zathéoin | ζαθέοιν zathéoin | ζαθέων zathéōn | ζαθέων zathéōn | ||||||||
Dative | ζαθέῳ zathéōi | ζαθέῳ zathéōi | ζαθέοιν zathéoin | ζαθέοιν zathéoin | ζαθέοις zathéois | ζαθέοις zathéois | ||||||||
Accusative | ζάθεον zátheon | ζάθεον zátheon | ζαθέω zathéō | ζαθέω zathéō | ζαθέους zathéous | ζάθεᾰ záthea | ||||||||
Vocative | ζάθεε záthee | ζάθεον zátheon | ζαθέω zathéō | ζαθέω zathéō | ζάθεοι zátheoi | ζάθεᾰ záthea | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ζαθέως zathéōs | ζαθεώτερος zatheṓteros | ζαθεώτᾰτος zatheṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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First and second declension of ζάθεος; ζαθέᾱ; ζάθεον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ζάθεος zátheos | ζαθέᾱ zathéā | ζάθεον zátheon | ζαθέω zathéō | ζαθέᾱ zathéā | ζαθέω zathéō | ζάθεοι zátheoi | ζάθεαι zátheai | ζάθεᾰ záthea | |||||
Genitive | ζαθέου zathéou | ζαθέᾱς zathéās | ζαθέου zathéou | ζαθέοιν zathéoin | ζαθέαιν zathéain | ζαθέοιν zathéoin | ζαθέων zathéōn | ζαθέων zathéōn | ζαθέων zathéōn | |||||
Dative | ζαθέῳ zathéōi | ζαθέᾳ zathéāi | ζαθέῳ zathéōi | ζαθέοιν zathéoin | ζαθέαιν zathéain | ζαθέοιν zathéoin | ζαθέοις zathéois | ζαθέαις zathéais | ζαθέοις zathéois | |||||
Accusative | ζάθεον zátheon | ζαθέᾱν zathéān | ζάθεον zátheon | ζαθέω zathéō | ζαθέᾱ zathéā | ζαθέω zathéō | ζαθέους zathéous | ζαθέᾱς zathéās | ζάθεᾰ záthea | |||||
Vocative | ζάθεε záthee | ζαθέᾱ zathéā | ζάθεον zátheon | ζαθέω zathéō | ζαθέᾱ zathéā | ζαθέω zathéō | ζάθεοι zátheoi | ζάθεαι zátheai | ζάθεᾰ záthea | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ζαθέως zathéōs | ζαθεώτερος zatheṓteros | ζαθεώτᾰτος zatheṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ζάθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζάθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ζάθεος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ζάθεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ζάθεος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963