ζώνη

ζώνη

See also: Ζώνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζώνᾱ (zṓnā) – Doric

Etymology

Related to ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s-neh₂, from the root *yeh₃s- (“gird”). Compare Russian пояснь (pojasnʹ), Sanskrit रास्ना (rā́snā) (< *yā́snā).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zɔ̌ː.nɛː/ → /ˈzo.ni/ → /ˈzo.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zɔ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ni/

Noun

ζώνη • (zṓnē) f (genitive ζώνης); first declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

1. belt, sash

Declension

First declension of ἡ ζώνη; τῆς ζώνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζώνη hē zṓnē	τὼ ζώνᾱ tṑ zṓnā	αἱ ζῶναι hai zônai
Genitive	τῆς ζώνης tês zṓnēs	τοῖν ζώναιν toîn zṓnain	τῶν ζωνῶν tôn zōnôn
Dative	τῇ ζώνῃ têi zṓnēi	τοῖν ζώναιν toîn zṓnain	ταῖς ζώναις taîs zṓnais
Accusative	τὴν ζώνην tḕn zṓnēn	τὼ ζώνᾱ tṑ zṓnā	τᾱ̀ς ζώνᾱς tā̀s zṓnās
Vocative	ζώνη zṓnē	ζώνᾱ zṓnā	ζῶναι zônai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πορφῠρόζωνος (porphurózōnos)

Related terms

• ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi)
• ζωστήρ (zōstḗr)
• ζωστός (zōstós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: ζώνη (zóni)
• → Latin: zōna (see there for further descendants)
  • French: zone
    • → English: zone

References

1. Frisk, Hjalmar (1960), “ζώννυμι”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 617–618
2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ζώννυμι, -μαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 504–505

Further reading

• “ζώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζώνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ζώνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt; loins, waist”).

Noun

ζώνη • (zóni) f (plural ζώνες)

1. belt, sash, seat belt
2. zone

Declension

declension of ζώνη

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	ζώνη •	ζώνες •
genitive	ζώνης •	ζωνών •
accusative	ζώνη •	ζώνες •
vocative	ζώνη •	ζώνες •

Related terms

• εύρος ζώνης n (évros zónis, “bandwidth”)