ζぜーたῴδでるたιいおたοおみくろんνにゅー

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The diminutive form of ζぜーたῷοおみくろんνにゅー (zôion, “animal”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔ̌ːi̯.di.on/ → /ˈzo.ði.on/ → /ˈzo.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔ̌ːi̯.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/

Noun

ζぜーたῴδでるたῐοおみくろんνにゅー • (zṓidion) n (genitive ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́οおみくろんυうぷしろん); second declension

1. little animal
2. sign of the zodiac

Inflection

Second declension of τたうὸ ζぜーたῴδでるたῐοおみくろんνにゅー; τたうοおみくろんῦ ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́οおみくろんυうぷしろん (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τたうὸ ζぜーたῴδでるたῐοおみくろんνにゅー tò zṓidion	τたうὼ ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́ωおめが tṑ zōidíō	τたうᾰ̀ ζぜーたῴδでるたῐᾰ tà zṓidia
Genitive	τたうοおみくろんῦ ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́οおみくろんυうぷしろん toû zōidíou	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́οおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn zōidíoin	τたうῶνにゅー ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́ωおめがνにゅー tôn zōidíōn
Dative	τたうῷ ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́ῳ tôi zōidíōi	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́οおみくろんιいおたνにゅー toîn zōidíoin	τたうοおみくろんῖς ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́οις toîs zōidíois
Accusative	τたうὸ ζぜーたῴδでるたῐοおみくろんνにゅー tò zṓidion	τたうὼ ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́ωおめが tṑ zōidíō	τたうᾰ̀ ζぜーたῴδでるたῐᾰ tà zṓidia
Vocative	ζぜーたῴδでるたῐοおみくろんνにゅー zṓidion	ζぜーたῳδでるたῐ́ωおめが zōidíō	ζぜーたῴδでるたῐᾰ zṓidia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• (adjectival form): ζぜーたῳδιακός (zōidiakós)

Descendants

• >? Sicilian: zùdiu