εὔζωνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt, girdle”) and the suffix -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯z.dɔː.nos/ → /ˈeβ.zo.nos/ → /ˈev.zo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯z.dɔː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.zo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeβ.zo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈev.zo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈev.zo.nos/

Adjective

εὔζωνος • (eúzōnos) m or f (neuter εὔζωνον); second declension

1. well-girdled (of women)
2. girt up for exercise, active (of men)
3. unencumbered
4. workaday, unpretending, cheap

Inflection

Second declension of εὔζωνος; εὔζωνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὔζωνος eúzōnos	εὔζωνον eúzōnon		εὐζώνω euzṓnō	εὐζώνω euzṓnō		εὔζωνοι eúzōnoi	εὔζωνᾰ eúzōna
Genitive		εὐζώνου euzṓnou	εὐζώνου euzṓnou		εὐζώνοιν euzṓnoin	εὐζώνοιν euzṓnoin		εὐζώνων euzṓnōn	εὐζώνων euzṓnōn
Dative		εὐζώνῳ euzṓnōi	εὐζώνῳ euzṓnōi		εὐζώνοιν euzṓnoin	εὐζώνοιν euzṓnoin		εὐζώνοις euzṓnois	εὐζώνοις euzṓnois
Accusative		εὔζωνον eúzōnon	εὔζωνον eúzōnon		εὐζώνω euzṓnō	εὐζώνω euzṓnō		εὐζώνους euzṓnous	εὔζωνᾰ eúzōna
Vocative		εὔζωνε eúzōne	εὔζωνον eúzōnon		εὐζώνω euzṓnō	εὐζώνω euzṓnō		εὔζωνοι eúzōnoi	εὔζωνᾰ eúzōna
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐζώνως euzṓnōs			εὐζωνότερος euzōnóteros			εὐζωνότᾰτος euzōnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐζωνία (euzōnía)

References

• “εὔζωνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εὔζωνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette