Ζεῦξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmĭ, “to yoke, saddle”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdêu̯k.sis/ → /ˈzeɸk.sis/ → /ˈzefk.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdêu̯k.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzewk.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzeɸk.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzefk.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzefk.sis/

Proper noun

Ζεῦξῐς • (Zeûxĭs) m (genitive Ζεύξεως); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Zeuxis

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ζεῦξῐς; τοῦ Ζεύξεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζεῦξῐς ho Zeûxĭs
Genitive	τοῦ Ζεύξεως toû Zeúxeōs
Dative	τῷ Ζεύξει tôi Zeúxei
Accusative	τὸν Ζεῦξῐν tòn Zeûxĭn
Vocative	Ζεῦξῐ Zeûxĭ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ζεύξις (Zéfxis), Ζεύξης (Zéfxis)
• → Armenian: Զեւքսիս (Zewkʻsis)
• → Latin: Zeuxis
  • → English: Zeuxis
  • → Italian: Zeusi

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029