Zetis

See also: zetis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Zethis (manuscript variant)

Etymology

Uncertain. W. W. Tarn suggested that the term is a nickname originating as syncope of Ancient Greek ζήτησις (zḗtēsis, “search”), perhaps referring to the expedition of Nearchus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈze.tis/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛt̪ɪs̠]

Proper noun

Zetis f sg (genitive Zetis); third declension

1. A town mentioned by Pliny in Carmania, modern Iran, perhaps present-day Hormuz or Faryab, earlier Gulashkird
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.27.107:

     oppida Carmaniae Zetis et Alexandria.

     the towns of Carmania are Zetis and Alexandria.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Zetis
genitive	Zetis
dative	Zetī
accusative	Zetem
ablative	Zete
vocative	Zetis
locative	Zetī Zete

References

• Zetis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Cohen, Getzel M. (2013) “Zetis”, in The Hellenistic Settlements to the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 200