Τζέτζης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtzet.zis/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtzet.zis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtzet.zis/

Proper noun

Τζέτζης • (Tzétzēs) m (genitive Τζέτζου); first declension

1. (Byzantine) a male surname, famously held by:famously held by:
   1. Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης (circa 1110–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian

Declension

First declension of ὁ Τζέτζης; τοῦ Τζέτζου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τζέτζης ho Tzétzēs
Genitive	τοῦ Τζέτζου toû Tzétzou
Dative	τῷ Τζέτζῃ tôi Tzétzēi
Accusative	τὸν Τζέτζην tòn Tzétzēn
Vocative	Τζέτζη Tzétzē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Tzetzes
• Greek: Τζέτζης (Tzétzis)
• Latin: Tzetzēs

Greek

Etymology

From the Byzantine Greek Τζέτζης (Tzétzēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ze.d͡zis/
• Hyphenation: Τζέ‧τζης

Proper noun

Τζέτζης • (Tzétzis) m (feminine Τζέτζη)

1. a male surname from Byzantine Greek

   Ιωάννης Τζέτζης (circa 1110–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian

Declension

Declension of Τζέτζης

	singular	plural
nominative	Τζέτζης (Tzétzis)	Τζέτζηδες (Tzétzides)
genitive	Τζέτζη (Tzétzi)	Τζέτζηδων (Tzétzidon)
accusative	Τζέτζη (Tzétzi)	Τζέτζηδες (Tzétzides)
vocative	Τζέτζη (Tzétzi)	Τζέτζηδες (Tzétzides)

Further reading

• Ιωάννης Τζέτζης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el