Ζήνων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɛ̌ː.nɔːn/ → /ˈzi.non/ → /ˈzi.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɛ̌ː.nɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈze̝.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzi.non/

Proper noun

Ζήνων • (Zḗnōn) m (genitive Ζήνωνος); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Zeno

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ζήνων; τοῦ Ζήνωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζήνων ho Zḗnōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ζήνωνος toû Zḗnōnos
Dative	τῷ Ζήνωνῐ tôi Zḗnōni
Accusative	τὸν Ζήνωνᾰ tòn Zḗnōna
Vocative	Ζήνων Zḗnōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ζηνώνειος (Zēnṓneios)
• Ζηνωνικός (Zēnōnikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Ζήνων (Zínon), Ζήνωνας (Zínonas)
• → Albanian: Zenun, Zenan
• → Armenian: Զենոն (Zenon)
• → Latin: Zēnōn, Zēnō
  • → English: Zeno
  • → Italian: Zenone, Zeno
• → Polish: Zenon
• → Turkish: Zenon

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
• Ζήνων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette