Ζαπάτας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zda.pá.taːs/ → /zaˈpa.tas/ → /zaˈpa.tas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zda.pá.taːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zaˈpa.tas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zaˈpa.tas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zaˈpa.tas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zaˈpa.tas/

Proper noun

Ζᾰπᾰ́τᾱς • (Zapátās) m (genitive Ζᾰπᾰ́του); first declension

1. river Zapatas, now the Great Zab, a tributary river of the Tigris

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ζᾰπᾰ́τᾱς; τοῦ Ζᾰπᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζᾰπᾰ́τᾱς ho Zapátās
Genitive	τοῦ Ζᾰπᾰ́του toû Zapátou
Dative	τῷ Ζᾰπᾰ́τᾳ tôi Zapátāi
Accusative	τὸν Ζᾰπᾰ́τᾱν tòn Zapátān
Vocative	Ζᾰπᾰ́τᾱ Zapátā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Zapatas

Further reading

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