ζατρίκιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲‎𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (cʾt‎lʾng /⁠čatrang⁠/, “chess”), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga, ““four parts” of an army: king, elephants, horses, foot soldiers”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zaˈtri.ci.on/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zaˈtri.ci.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zaˈtri.ci.on/

Noun

ζατρίκιον • (zatríkion) m (genitive ζατρικίου); second declension (Byzantine)

1. chess
2. chessboard

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ζατρίκιον; τοῦ ζατρικίου (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζατρίκιον tò zatríkion	τὼ ζατρικίω tṑ zatrikíō	τᾰ̀ ζατρίκιᾰ tà zatríkia
Genitive	τοῦ ζατρικίου toû zatrikíou	τοῖν ζατρικίοιν toîn zatrikíoin	τῶν ζατρικίων tôn zatrikíōn
Dative	τῷ ζατρικίῳ tôi zatrikíōi	τοῖν ζατρικίοιν toîn zatrikíoin	τοῖς ζατρικίοις toîs zatrikíois
Accusative	τὸ ζατρίκιον tò zatríkion	τὼ ζατρικίω tṑ zatrikíō	τᾰ̀ ζατρίκιᾰ tà zatríkia
Vocative	ζατρίκιον zatríkion	ζατρικίω zatrikíō	ζατρίκιᾰ zatríkia

Derived terms

• ζατρικίζω (zatrikízō)

References

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “ζατρίκιον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 554
• introuble2, johnny. (2021, July 7). Zatrikion. Chess in Byzantium [Eastern Roman Empire]. Chess.com. Retrieved July 5, 2022, from https://www.chess.com/blog/introuble2/zatrikion-chess-in-byzantium-eastern-roman-empire