Ζεῦξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmĭ, “to yoke, saddle”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ζεῦξῐς • (Zeûxĭs) m (genitive Ζεύξεως); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Zeuxis

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ζεῦξῐς; τοῦ Ζεύξεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ζεῦξῐς
ho Zeûxĭs
Genitive τοῦ Ζεύξεως
toû Zeúxeōs
Dative τῷ Ζεύξει
tōî Zeúxei
Accusative τὸν Ζεῦξῐν
tòn Zeûxĭn
Vocative Ζεῦξῐ
Zeûxĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ζεύξις (Zéfxis), Ζεύξης (Zéfxis)
  • → Armenian: Զեւքսիս (Zewkʻsis)
  • → Latin: Zeuxis
    • → English: Zeuxis
    • → Italian: Zeusi

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
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