Ζάλμοξις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ζᾰ́μολξῐς (Zámolxis), Σᾰ́λμοξῐς (Sálmoxis)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dacian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdál.mok.sis/ → /ˈzal.mok.sis/ → /ˈzal.mok.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdál.mok.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzal.mok.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzal.mok.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzal.mok.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzal.mok.sis/

Proper noun

Ζᾰ́λμοξῐς • (Zálmoxis) m (genitive Ζᾰλμόξῐδος); third declension

1. Zalmoxis, a divinity among the Getae

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ζᾰ́λμοξῐς; τοῦ Ζᾰλμόξῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζᾰ́λμοξῐς ho Zálmoxis
Genitive	τοῦ Ζᾰλμόξῐδος toû Zalmóxidos
Dative	τῷ Ζᾰλμόξῐδῐ tôi Zalmóxidi
Accusative	τὸν Ζᾰλμόξῐδᾰ tòn Zalmóxida
Vocative	Ζᾰ́λμοξῐς Zálmoxis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → English: Zalmoxis

Further reading

• Ζάλμοξις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette