Ζάκυνθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek (assumed Pelasgian dialect), but Proto-Hellenic *zákuntʰos can be inferred.

Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀼𐀓𐀯𐀍 (za-ku-si-jo).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdá.kyn.tʰos/ → /ˈza.cyn.θos/ → /ˈza.cin.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdá.kyn.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈza.kyn.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.cyn.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.cyn.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈza.cin.θos/

Proper noun

Ζᾰ́κῠνθος • (Zákunthos) f (genitive Ζᾰκῠ́νθου); second declension

1. Zakynthos, Zacynthus, Zante (an island in the Ionian Sea, Greece)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ζᾰ́κῠνθος; τῆς Ζᾰκῠ́νθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ζᾰ́κῠνθος hē Zákunthos
Genitive	τῆς Ζᾰκῠ́νθου tês Zakúnthou
Dative	τῇ Ζᾰκῠ́νθῳ têi Zakúnthōi
Accusative	τὴν Ζᾰ́κῠνθον tḕn Zákunthon
Vocative	Ζᾰ́κῠνθε Zákunthe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ζᾰκῠ́νθῐος (Zakúnthios)

Descendants

• Czech: Zakynthos
• English: Zakynthos, Zacynthus, Zante
• French: Zakynthos, Zacynthe, Zante
• German: Zakynthos
• Greek: Ζάκυνθος (Zákynthos)
• Hebrew: זקינתוס (Zakintos)
• Italian: Zacinto, Zante
• Latin: Zacynthus
• Russian: Заки́нф (Zakínf)
• Sicilian: Zacintu, Zanti
• Turkish: Zakintos

References

• “Ζάκυνθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζάκυνθος (Zákunthos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzacinθos/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ζά‧κυν‧θος

Proper noun

Ζάκυνθος • (Zákynthos) f

1. Zakynthos, Zante (Ionian island)
2. Zakynthos, Zante (main town and capital of the island)

Declension

  Ζάκυνθος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Ζάκυνθος •
genitive	Ζακύνθου •
accusative	Ζάκυνθο •
vocative	Ζάκυνθε •  Ζάκυνθο •

Derived terms

• Ζακυνθινός m (Zakynthinós, “male Zakynthian”)
• Ζακύνθιος m (Zakýnthios, “male Zakynthian”) (formal)
• Ζακυνθινή f (Zakynthiní, “female Zakynthian”)
• Ζακυνθινιά f (Zakynthiniá, “female Zakynthian”) (formal)
• Ζακύνθια f (Zakýnthia, “female Zakynthian”) (formal)
• Ζακυνθία f (Zakynthía, “female Zakynthian”) (formal)
• ζακυνθινός (zakynthinós) (adjective)

Further reading

• Ζάκυνθος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el