Ζηκᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɛː.kâːs/ → /ziˈkas/ → /ziˈkas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɛː.kâːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ze̝ˈkas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ziˈkas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ziˈkas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ziˈkas/

Proper noun

Ζηκᾶς • (Zēkâs) m (genitive Ζηκᾶ); first declension

1. Zecas, envoy of Ardashir I to Artabanes

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ζηκᾶς; τοῦ Ζηκᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζηκᾶς ho Zēkâs
Genitive	τοῦ Ζηκᾶ toû Zēkâ
Dative	τῷ Ζηκᾷ tôi Zēkâi
Accusative	τὸν Ζηκᾶν tòn Zēkân
Vocative	Ζηκᾶ Zēkâ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Zēcās

Further reading

• Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Zīk”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[1] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 385