ζεῦξις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmĭ, “I join”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, “abstract noun suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdêu̯k.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzeʍk.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzeɸk.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzefk.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzefk.sis/
Noun
ζεῦξῐς • (zeûxĭs) f (genitive ζεύξεως); third declension
- the act or manner of yoking oxen
- bridging two points separated by water
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ζεῦξῐς hē zeûxĭs |
τὼ ζεύξει tṑ zeúxei |
αἱ ζεύξεις hai zeúxeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ζεύξεως tês zeúxeōs |
τοῖν ζευξέοιν toîn zeuxéoin |
τῶν ζεύξεων tôn zeúxeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ζεύξει tēî zeúxei |
τοῖν ζευξέοιν toîn zeuxéoin |
ταῖς ζεύξεσῐ / ζεύξεσῐν taîs zeúxesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ζεῦξῐν tḕn zeûxĭn |
τὼ ζεύξει tṑ zeúxei |
τᾱ̀ς ζεύξεις tā̀s zeúxeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζεῦξῐ zeûxĭ |
ζεύξει zeúxei |
ζεύξεις zeúxeis | ||||||||||
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ζεῦξῐς hē zeûxĭs |
τὼ ζεύξῐε tṑ zeúxĭe |
αἱ ζεύξῐες hai zeúxĭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ζεύξῐος tês zeúxĭos |
τοῖν ζευξῐ́οιν toîn zeuxĭ́oin |
τῶν ζευξῐ́ων tôn zeuxĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ζεύξῑ tēî zeúxī |
τοῖν ζευξῐ́οιν toîn zeuxĭ́oin |
τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν ζεύξῐσῐ / ζεύξῐσῐν tēîsĭ(n) zeúxĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ζεῦξῐν tḕn zeûxĭn |
τὼ ζεύξῐε tṑ zeúxĭe |
τᾱ̀ς ζεύξῑς / ζεύξῐᾰς tā̀s zeúxīs / zeúxĭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζεῦξῐ zeûxĭ |
ζεύξῐε zeúxĭe |
ζεύξῐες zeúxĭes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ζεῦξις (Zeûxis)
Further reading
- “ζεῦξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζεῦξις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ζεῦξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette