ζῴδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The diminutive form of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔ̌ːi̯.di.on/ → /ˈzo.ði.on/ → /ˈzo.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔ̌ːi̯.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ði.on/

Noun

ζῴδῐον • (zṓidion) n (genitive ζῳδῐ́ου); second declension

1. little animal
2. sign of the zodiac

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ζῴδῐον; τοῦ ζῳδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ζῴδῐον tò zṓidion	τὼ ζῳδῐ́ω tṑ zōidíō	τᾰ̀ ζῴδῐᾰ tà zṓidia
Genitive	τοῦ ζῳδῐ́ου toû zōidíou	τοῖν ζῳδῐ́οιν toîn zōidíoin	τῶν ζῳδῐ́ων tôn zōidíōn
Dative	τῷ ζῳδῐ́ῳ tôi zōidíōi	τοῖν ζῳδῐ́οιν toîn zōidíoin	τοῖς ζῳδῐ́οις toîs zōidíois
Accusative	τὸ ζῴδῐον tò zṓidion	τὼ ζῳδῐ́ω tṑ zōidíō	τᾰ̀ ζῴδῐᾰ tà zṓidia
Vocative	ζῴδῐον zṓidion	ζῳδῐ́ω zōidíō	ζῴδῐᾰ zṓidia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• (adjectival form): ζῳδιακός (zōidiakós)

Descendants

• >? Sicilian: zùdiu