ζίγγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. This word has also been connected to Latin zinzala (“type of gnat”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zíŋ.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈziŋ.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈziŋ.ɡos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈziŋ.ɡos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈziŋ.ɡos/
Noun
ζῐ́γγος • (zíngos) m (genitive ζῐ́γγου); second declension
- humming, buzzing of bees
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ζῐ́γγος; τοῦ ζῐ́γγου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ζῐ́γγος ho zíngos | τὼ ζῐ́γγω tṑ zíngō | οἱ ζῐ́γγοι hoi zíngoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ζῐ́γγου toû zíngou | τοῖν ζῐ́γγοιν toîn zíngoin | τῶν ζῐ́γγων tôn zíngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ζῐ́γγῳ tôi zíngōi | τοῖν ζῐ́γγοιν toîn zíngoin | τοῖς ζῐ́γγοις toîs zíngois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ζῐ́γγον tòn zíngon | τὼ ζῐ́γγω tṑ zíngō | τοὺς ζῐ́γγους toùs zíngous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζῐ́γγε zínge | ζῐ́γγω zíngō | ζῐ́γγοι zíngoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ζίγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: ζ