ζιγνίς
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnknown. According to Beekes, the alternation δ/ζ could lead to a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdi.ɡnís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ziˈɡnis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ziˈɣnis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ziˈɣnis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ziˈɣnis/
Noun
editζῐγνῐ́ς • (zignís) f (genitive ζῐγνῐ́δος); third declension
- kind of lizard
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ζῐγνῐ́ς hē zignís |
τὼ ζῐγνῐ́δε tṑ zigníde |
αἱ ζῐγνῐ́δες hai zignídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ζῐγνῐ́δος tês zignídos |
τοῖν ζῐγνῐ́δοιν toîn zignídoin |
τῶν ζῐγνῐ́δων tôn zignídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ζῐγνῐ́δῐ têi zignídi |
τοῖν ζῐγνῐ́δοιν toîn zignídoin |
ταῖς ζῐγνῐ́σῐ / ζῐγνῐ́σῐν taîs zignísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ζῐγνῐ́δᾰ tḕn zignída |
τὼ ζῐγνῐ́δε tṑ zigníde |
τᾱ̀ς ζῐγνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s zignídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ζῐγνῐ́ς zignís |
ζῐγνῐ́δε zigníde |
ζῐγνῐ́δες zignídes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “ζιγνίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζιγνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζιγνίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 501
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- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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