ζωρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Solmsen and to Vasmer, the word is related to Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“vehement, furious”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *yoHro-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.rós/ → /zoˈros/ → /zoˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zoˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zoˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zoˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zoˈros/

Adjective

ζωρός • (zōrós) m or f (neuter ζωρόν); second declension

1. pure, sheer, unmixed (of wine without water)

Declension

Second declension of ζωρός; ζωρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ζωρός zōrós	ζωρόν zōrón		ζωρώ zōrṓ	ζωρώ zōrṓ		ζωροί zōroí	ζωρᾰ́ zōrắ
Genitive		ζωροῦ zōroû	ζωροῦ zōroû		ζωροῖν zōroîn	ζωροῖν zōroîn		ζωρῶν zōrôn	ζωρῶν zōrôn
Dative		ζωρῷ zōrôi	ζωρῷ zōrôi		ζωροῖν zōroîn	ζωροῖν zōroîn		ζωροῖς zōroîs	ζωροῖς zōroîs
Accusative		ζωρόν zōrón	ζωρόν zōrón		ζωρώ zōrṓ	ζωρώ zōrṓ		ζωρούς zōroús	ζωρᾰ́ zōrắ
Vocative		ζωρέ zōré	ζωρόν zōrón		ζωρώ zōrṓ	ζωρώ zōrṓ		ζωροί zōroí	ζωρᾰ́ zōrắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ζωρῶς zōrôs			ζωρότερος zōróteros			ζωρότᾰτος zōrótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὔζωρος (eúzōros)
• ζωροποτέω (zōropotéō)
• ζωροπότης (zōropótēs)

 

Further reading

• “ζωρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζωρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ζωρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ярый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress