ζῳδιακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζῴδῐον (zōídĭon, “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 • (zōidĭăkós) 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 zōidĭăkós	ζῳδῐᾰκή zōidĭăkḗ	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidĭăkón	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidĭăkā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκοί zōidĭăkoí	ζῳδῐᾰκαί zōidĭăkaí	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidĭăkắ
Genitive	ζῳδῐᾰκοῦ zōidĭăkoû	ζῳδῐᾰκῆς zōidĭăkês	ζῳδῐᾰκοῦ zōidĭăkoû	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidĭăkoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖν zōidĭăkaîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidĭăkoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidĭăkôn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidĭăkôn	ζῳδῐᾰκῶν zōidĭăkôn
Dative	ζῳδῐᾰκῷ zōidĭăkōî	ζῳδῐᾰκῇ zōidĭăkēî	ζῳδῐᾰκῷ zōidĭăkōî	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidĭăkoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖν zōidĭăkaîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖν zōidĭăkoîn	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖς zōidĭăkoîs	ζῳδῐᾰκαῖς zōidĭăkaîs	ζῳδῐᾰκοῖς zōidĭăkoîs
Accusative	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidĭăkón	ζῳδῐᾰκήν zōidĭăkḗn	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidĭăkón	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidĭăkā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκούς zōidĭăkoús	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ς zōidĭăkā́s	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidĭăkắ
Vocative	ζῳδῐᾰκέ zōidĭăké	ζῳδῐᾰκή zōidĭăkḗ	ζῳδῐᾰκόν zōidĭăkón	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκᾱ́ zōidĭăkā́	ζῳδῐᾰκώ zōidĭăkṓ	ζῳδῐᾰκοί zōidĭăkoí	ζῳδῐᾰκαί zōidĭăkaí	ζῳδῐᾰκᾰ́ zōidĭăkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ζῳδῐᾰκῶς zōidĭăkôs			ζῳδῐᾰκώτερος zōidĭăkṓteros			ζῳδῐᾰκώτᾰτος zōidĭăkṓtătos
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