ζῴδιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The diminutive form of ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdɔ̌ːi̯.di.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzo.di.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/
Noun
ζῴδῐον • (zōídĭon) n (genitive ζῳδῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ζῴδῐον tò zōídĭon |
τὼ ζῳδῐ́ω tṑ zōidĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ζῴδῐᾰ tằ zōídĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ζῳδῐ́ου toû zōidĭ́ou |
τοῖν ζῳδῐ́οιν toîn zōidĭ́oin |
τῶν ζῳδῐ́ων tôn zōidĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ζῳδῐ́ῳ tōî zōidĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ζῳδῐ́οιν toîn zōidĭ́oin |
τοῖς ζῳδῐ́οις toîs zōidĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ζῴδῐον tò zōídĭon |
τὼ ζῳδῐ́ω tṑ zōidĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ζῴδῐᾰ tằ zōídĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζῴδῐον zōídĭon |
ζῳδῐ́ω zōidĭ́ō |
ζῴδῐᾰ zōídĭă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- (adjectival form): ζῳδιακός (zōidiakós)
Descendants
- >? Sicilian: zùdiu