Ζεύς

See also: Ζευς

Ancient Greek

Ὁ θεὸς καλέεται Ζεύς. ― Ho theòs kaléetai Zeús. ― The god is called Zeus.

Alternative forms

Δάν (Dán) – Aeolic
Δεύς (Deús) – Boeotian
Ζάς (Zás) – Laconian
Ζάν (Zán), Ζάς (Zás) – Doric
Ζήν (Zḗn) – poetic
Θιός (Thiós), Σιός (Siós) – Boeotian, Ionic
Τάν (Tán) – Cretan

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, related to Mycenaean Greek 𐀇𐀺 (di-wo /diwos/); from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Cognate with Sanskrit द्यु (dyú), Portuguese deus, Latin Iovis (and *Iu- in Iuppiter), Old English Tīw, Hittite 𒅆𒍑 (sius).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zěu̯s/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zews/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zeɸs/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zefs/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zefs/

Proper noun

Ζεύς • (Zeús) m (genitive Διός); third declension

(Greek mythology) Zeus
Παῦε λέγων, μὰ τὸν Δία
Paûe légōn, mà tòn Día
Stop talking, by Zeus
a name of the emperors of Rome
referring to other gods, such as Amun, Baal, Ahura Mazda
1. (with καταχθόνιος (katakhthónios) or χθόνιος (khthónios)) = Hades

Inflection

Irregular declension of ὁ Ζεύς; τοῦ Δῐός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζεύς ho Zeús
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐός / Ζηνός toû Diós / Zēnós
Dative	τῷ Δῐῐ́ / Ζηνῐ́ tôi Dií / Zēní
Accusative	τὸν Δῐ́ᾰ / Ζῆνᾰ tòn Día / Zêna
Vocative	Ζεῦ Zeû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Forms in Ζην- are poetic.

Hypernyms

Κρονίδης (Kronídēs), Κρονίων (Kroníōn, “son of Cronus”)

Descendants

→ Old Armenian: Զեւս (Zews)
- Armenian: Զևս (Zews)
→ Classical Syriac: ܙܘܣ‎ (zews)
→ Coptic: ⲍⲉⲩⲥ (zeus)
→ English: Zeus
Georgian: ზევსი (zevsi)
Greek: Ζευς (Zefs), Δίας (Días)
→ Latin: Zeus
→ Old Church Slavonic: Ꙁеѵсъ (Zeüsŭ)
→ Russian: Зевс (Zevs)
→ Messapic: 𐌆𐌉𐌑 (zis)