ζῴδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The diminutive form of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔ̌ːi̯.di.on/ → /ˈzo.ði.on/ → /ˈzo.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔ̌ːi̯.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/

Noun

ζῴδῐον • (zṓidĭon) n (genitive ζῳδῐ́ου); second declension

1. little animal
2. sign of the zodiac

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ζῴδῐον; τοῦ ζῳδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζῴδῐον tò zṓidĭon	τὼ ζῳδῐ́ω tṑ zōidĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ζῴδῐᾰ tằ zṓidĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ζῳδῐ́ου toû zōidĭ́ou	τοῖν ζῳδῐ́οιν toîn zōidĭ́oin	τῶν ζῳδῐ́ων tôn zōidĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ζῳδῐ́ῳ tôi zōidĭ́ōi	τοῖν ζῳδῐ́οιν toîn zōidĭ́oin	τοῖς ζῳδῐ́οις toîs zōidĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ζῴδῐον tò zṓidĭon	τὼ ζῳδῐ́ω tṑ zōidĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ζῴδῐᾰ tằ zṓidĭă
Vocative	ζῴδῐον zṓidĭon	ζῳδῐ́ω zōidĭ́ō	ζῴδῐᾰ zṓidĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• (adjectival form): ζῳδιακός (zōidiakós)

Descendants

• >? Sicilian: zùdiu