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ζώνη

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Related to ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, to gird); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s-neh₂, from the root *yeh₃s- (gird). Compare Russian пояснь (pojasnʹ), Sanskrit रास्ना (rā́snā) (< *yā́snā).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ζώνη (zṓnēf (genitive ζώνης); first declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

  1. belt, sash

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ζώνη (zóni)
  • Latin: zōna (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “ζώννυμι”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 617–618
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώννυμι, -μαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 504–505

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, belt; loins, waist).

Noun

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ζώνη (zónif (plural ζώνες)

  1. belt, sash, seat belt
    Δέσε τη ζώνη σου, σε παρακαλώDése ti zóni sou, se parakalóFasten your seat belt, please
    μαύρη ζώνη στο καράτε.mávri zóni sto karáte.black belt in karate.
  2. zone
  3. band
    ζώνη συχνοτήτωνzóni sychnotítonfrequency band

Declension

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Declension of ζώνη
singular plural
nominative ζώνη (zóni) ζώνες (zónes)
genitive ζώνης (zónis) ζωνών (zonón)
accusative ζώνη (zóni) ζώνες (zónes)
vocative ζώνη (zóni) ζώνες (zónes)
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