Ζεφύριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros, “Zephyrus”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zde.pʰý.ri.on/ → /zeˈɸy.ri.on/ → /zeˈfi.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zde.pʰý.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zeˈpʰy.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zeˈɸy.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zeˈfy.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zeˈfi.ri.on/

Proper noun

Ζεφῠ́ρῐον • (Zephúrion) n (genitive Ζεφῠρῐ́ου); second declension

1. Zephyrium, the name of various cities in Anatolia

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Ζεφῠ́ρῐον; τοῦ Ζεφῠρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Ζεφῠ́ρῐον tò Zephúrion
Genitive	τοῦ Ζεφῠρῐ́ου toû Zephuríou
Dative	τῷ Ζεφῠρῐ́ῳ tôi Zephuríōi
Accusative	τὸ Ζεφῠ́ρῐον tò Zephúrion
Vocative	Ζεφῠ́ρῐον Zephúrion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Zephyrium