Zeno
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editVia Latin Zēnō, from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Modern scientific and philosophical use derives from Zeno of Elea, poser of Zeno's paradoxes.
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editZeno
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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edit- In English mainly applied to historical persons of Greece.
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editZeno (not comparable)
- (mathematics, philosophy) Requiring or involving an infinite number of intervals within a finite time.
- 2000, J. Zhang et al., “Dynamical Systems Revisted: Hybrid Systems with Zeno Executions”, in Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, page 458:
- It is therefore important to be able to determine if a model is Zeno and in applicable cases remove Zenoness.
- 2005, Heinrich Rust, “Chapter 3”, in Operational Semantics for Timed Systems: A Non-standard Approach to Uniform Modeling of Timed and Hybrid Systems, page 17:
- While this system is not Zeno, it can nevertheless not be considered implementable; thus, the boundedness of activity seems to be a more appropriate abstract concept of implementability of a system with respect to the amount of activity in finite intervals of time.
- 2013, Y. Si et al., “Improving Model Checking Stateful Timed CSP with non-Zenoness through Clock-Symmetry Reduction”, in Formal Methods and Software Engineering : 15th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2013, page 183:
- That is, it is necessary to check whether a run is Zeno so as to avoid presenting Zeno runs as counterexamples.
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editEtymology
editFrom Latin Zēnō, from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.
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editZeno m
- A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Zeno
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editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈzeː.noː/, [ˈd̪͡z̪eːnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ze.no/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ɛːno]
Proper noun
editZēnō m sg (genitive Zēnōnis); third declension
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, feminine equivalent Zēna, equivalent to Greek Ζήνων (Zínon) or English Zeno
- Zeno:
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Zeno Eleates (c. 495–430 BCE), pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of Magna Graecia from Velia (Elea) in Campania, Italy
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Zeno Citieus (c. 334–262 BCE), Hellenistic Stoic philosopher from Citium on the island of Cyprus
- (Byzantine Empire) A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Flavius Zeno (c. 425–491 C.E.), Roman Emperor of the eastern Roman Empire from 474 to 475 and the Byzantine Empire from 476 to 491
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Zēnō |
Genitive | Zēnōnis |
Dative | Zēnōnī |
Accusative | Zēnōnem |
Ablative | Zēnōne |
Vocative | Zēnō |
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editFurther reading
edit- “Zeno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Zeno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1701.
- Zeno in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3571
- “Zeno”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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