ζῳδιακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζῴδῐον (zṓidion, “little animal”) +‎ -ακός (-akós, “-ac”, adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔːi̯.di.a.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zo.di.aˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zo.ði.aˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zo.ði.aˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zo.ði.aˈkos/

Adjective

ζῳδῐᾰκός • (zōidiakós) m (feminine ζῳδῐᾰκή, neuter ζῳδῐᾰκόν); first/second declension

Of or relating to little animals
Of or relating to the zodiac

Declension

First and second declension of ζῳδῐᾰκός; ζῳδῐᾰκή; ζῳδῐᾰκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ζῳδῐᾰκός zōidiakós	ζῳδῐᾰκή zōidiakḗ	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidiakón	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidiakā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκοί zōidiakoí	ζῳδῐᾰκαί zōidiakaí	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidiaká
Genitive	ζῳδῐᾰκοῦ zōidiakoû	ζῳδῐᾰκῆς zōidiakês	ζῳδῐᾰκοῦ zōidiakoû	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidiakoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖν zōidiakaîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidiakoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidiakôn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidiakôn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidiakôn
Dative	ζῳδῐᾰκῷ zōidiakôi	ζῳδῐᾰκῇ zōidiakêi	ζῳδῐᾰκῷ zōidiakôi	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidiakoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖν zōidiakaîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidiakoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖς zōidiakoîs	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖς zōidiakaîs	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖς zōidiakoîs
Accusative	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidiakón	ζῳδῐᾰκήν zōidiakḗn	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidiakón	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidiakā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκούς zōidiakoús	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ς zōidiakā́s	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidiaká
Vocative	ζῳδῐᾰκέ zōidiaké	ζῳδῐᾰκή zōidiakḗ	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidiakón	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidiakā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidiakṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκοί zōidiakoí	ζῳδῐᾰκαί zōidiakaí	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidiaká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ζῳδῐᾰκῶς zōidiakôs			ζῳδῐᾰκώτερος zōidiakṓteros			ζῳδῐᾰκώτᾰτος zōidiakṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: zōdiacus
- Old French: zodiaque
  - French: zodiaque
  - Norman: zodiaque
  - → Middle English: zodiak
    - English: zodiac
  - → Classical Gaelic: stoidiace
    - Irish: stoidiaca