ζιγνίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δειμνύς (deimnús), διγνύς (dignús), ζίγνης (zígnēs), ζιγνύς (zignús)

Etymology

Unknown. According to Beekes, the alternation δ/ζ could lead to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdi.ɡnís/ → /ziˈɣnis/ → /ziˈɣnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdi.ɡnís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ziˈɡnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ziˈɣnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ziˈɣnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ziˈɣnis/

Noun

ζῐγνῐ́ς • (zĭgnĭ́s) f (genitive ζῐγνῐ́δος); third declension

1. kind of lizard

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ζῐγνῐ́ς; τῆς ζῐγνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζῐγνῐ́ς hē zĭgnĭ́s	τὼ ζῐγνῐ́δε tṑ zĭgnĭ́de	αἱ ζῐγνῐ́δες hai zĭgnĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ζῐγνῐ́δος tês zĭgnĭ́dos	τοῖν ζῐγνῐ́δοιν toîn zĭgnĭ́doin	τῶν ζῐγνῐ́δων tôn zĭgnĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ζῐγνῐ́δῐ têi zĭgnĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ζῐγνῐ́δοιν toîn zĭgnĭ́doin	ταῖς ζῐγνῐ́σῐ / ζῐγνῐ́σῐν taîs zĭgnĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ζῐγνῐ́δᾰ tḕn zĭgnĭ́dă	τὼ ζῐγνῐ́δε tṑ zĭgnĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ζῐγνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s zĭgnĭ́dăs
Vocative	ζῐγνῐ́ς zĭgnĭ́s	ζῐγνῐ́δε zĭgnĭ́de	ζῐγνῐ́δες zĭgnĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “ζιγνίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ζιγνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζιγνίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501