Zenon

From Spanish Zenón and French Zénon, from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn).^[1]

Zenon (plural Zenons)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zenon is the 19911^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1348 individuals. Zenon is most common among Black/African American (44.14%), Hispanic/Latino (35.53%), and White (13.72%) individuals.

From Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn).

Zenon (plural Zenons)

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Zeno.
   • 1849, “PYTHODOˊRIS”, in William Smith, editor, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. […], volume III (Oarses–Zygia), London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, […] John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 629, column 2:

     Of her two sons, the one, Zenon, became king of Armenia, while the other, Polemon, after assisting her in the administration of her kingdom during her life, succeeded her on the throne of Pontus.

   • 1922 March, Michael Rostovtzeff, “Introduction”, in A Large Estate in Egypt in the Third Century B. C.: A Study in Economic History (University of Wisconsin Studies, 23; Social Sciences and History, 6), Madison, Wis.: [University of Wisconsin], →OCLC, page 5:

     All the Greek papyri which belong to it were filed and docketed by a certain Zenon and formed therefore a part of his correspondence, his private archives.

   • 2001, Maria Savchyn Pyskir, translated by Ania Savage, “Marriage and Motherhood”, in Thousands of Roads: A Memoir of a Young Woman’s Life in the Ukrainian Underground During and After World War II, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 54:

     I followed Orlan’s advice and had the baby baptized immediately. I named him Zenon, after his father’s first nom de guerre.

   • 2023, Gilles Deleuze, translated by Charles J[oseph] Stivale, “Spinoza: The Velocities of Thought / 02”, in The Deleuze Seminars‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 September 2023:

     For example, there is a famous paradox from one of the first philosophers who called themselves philosophers. Moreover, he is considered to be the inventor of dialectics, it is Zenon. There are two Zenons: there is Zenon the Stoic and Zenon of Elea.

• Zēno

From Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈzeː.noːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛː.non]

Zēnōn m sg (genitive Zēnōnis); third declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, feminine equivalent Zēna, equivalent to Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn) or English Zeno
   • a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Zeno Eleates (c. 495–430 BCE), pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of Magna Graecia from Velia (Elea) in Campania, Italy
   • a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Zeno Citieus (c. 334–262 BCE), Hellenistic Stoic philosopher from Citium on the island of Cyprus
   • (Byzantine Empire) a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Flavius Zeno (c. 425–491 C.E.), Roman Emperor of the eastern Roman Empire from 474 to 475 and the Byzantine Empire from 476 to 491

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Zēnōniānus
• Zēnōnicī

• Zenon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1701.
• Zēno in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3571

Zenon m (Gascony)

1. a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Zeno

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 157.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.nɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɔn
• Syllabification: Ze‧non

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn).

Zenon m pers (female equivalent Zenona, diminutive Zenek)

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Zeno

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Zenon f

1. genitive plural of Zenona

• Zenon in Polish dictionaries at PWN