Ζαύηκες

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ζᾰ́φηκες (Záphēkes)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdǎu̯.ɛː.kes/ → /ˈza.βi.ces/ → /ˈza.vi.ces/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdǎu̯.ɛː.kes/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈza.we̝.kes/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.βi.ces/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈza.vi.ces/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈza.vi.ces/

Proper noun

Ζαύηκες • (Zaúēkes) m (genitive Ζαυήκων); third declension

1. Zaueces, a Libyan tribe mentioned by Herodotus

Inflection

Third declension of οἱ Ζαύηκες; τῶν Ζαυήκων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Ζαύηκες hoi Zaúēkes
Genitive	τῶν Ζαυήκων tôn Zauḗkōn
Dative	τοῖς Ζαύηξῐ / Ζαύηξῐν toîs Zaúēxi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς Ζαύηκᾰς toùs Zaúēkas
Vocative	Ζαύηκες Zaúēkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Zaucēs

Further reading

• Ζαύηκες in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette