ζίγγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. This word has also been connected to Latin zinzala (“type of gnat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdíŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈziŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈziŋ.ɡos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdíŋ.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈziŋ.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈziŋ.ɡos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈziŋ.ɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈziŋ.ɡos/

Noun

ζῐ́γγος • (zíngos) m (genitive ζῐ́γγου); second declension

1. humming, buzzing of bees

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ζῐ́γγος; τοῦ ζῐ́γγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ζῐ́γγος ho zíngos	τὼ ζῐ́γγω tṑ zíngō	οἱ ζῐ́γγοι hoi zíngoi
Genitive	τοῦ ζῐ́γγου toû zíngou	τοῖν ζῐ́γγοιν toîn zíngoin	τῶν ζῐ́γγων tôn zíngōn
Dative	τῷ ζῐ́γγῳ tôi zíngōi	τοῖν ζῐ́γγοιν toîn zíngoin	τοῖς ζῐ́γγοις toîs zíngois
Accusative	τὸν ζῐ́γγον tòn zíngon	τὼ ζῐ́γγω tṑ zíngō	τοὺς ζῐ́γγους toùs zíngous
Vocative	ζῐ́γγε zínge	ζῐ́γγω zíngō	ζῐ́γγοι zíngoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ζίγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ζ