Ζάκυνθος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pre-Greek (assumed Pelasgian dialect), but Proto-Hellenic *zákuntʰos can be inferred.
Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀼𐀓𐀯𐀍 (za-ku-si-jo).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdá.kyn.tʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈza.kyn.tʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈza.cyn.θos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈza.cyn.θos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈza.cin.θos/
Proper noun
Ζᾰ́κῠνθος • (Zákunthos) f (genitive Ζᾰκῠ́νθου); second declension
- Zakynthos, Zacynthus, Zante (an island in the Ionian Sea, Greece)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ζᾰ́κῠνθος hē Zákunthos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ζᾰκῠ́νθου tês Zakúnthou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ζᾰκῠ́νθῳ têi Zakúnthōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ζᾰ́κῠνθον tḕn Zákunthon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ζᾰ́κῠνθε Zákunthe | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ζᾰκῠ́νθῐος (Zakúnthios)
Descendants
- Czech: Zakynthos
- English: Zakynthos, Zacynthus, Zante
- French: Zakynthos, Zacynthe, Zante
- German: Zakynthos
- Greek: Ζάκυνθος (Zákynthos)
- Hebrew: זקינתוס (Zakintos)
- Italian: Zacinto, Zante
- Latin: Zacynthus
- Russian: Заки́нф (Zakínf)
- Sicilian: Zacintu, Zanti
- Turkish: Zakintos
References
- “Ζάκυνθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζάκυνθος (Zákunthos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ζάκυνθος • (Zákynthos) f
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ζάκυνθος (Zákynthos) |
| genitive | Ζακύνθου (Zakýnthou) |
| accusative | Ζάκυνθο (Zákyntho) |
| vocative | Ζάκυνθε (Zákynthe) Ζάκυνθο (Zákyntho) |
Derived terms
- Ζακυνθινός m (Zakynthinós, “male Zakynthian”)
- Ζακύνθιος m (Zakýnthios, “male Zakynthian”) (formal)
- Ζακυνθινή f (Zakynthiní, “female Zakynthian”)
- Ζακυνθινιά f (Zakynthiniá, “female Zakynthian”) (formal)
- Ζακύνθια f (Zakýnthia, “female Zakynthian”) (formal)
- Ζακυνθία f (Zakynthía, “female Zakynthian”) (formal)
- ζακυνθινός (zakynthinós) (adjective)
Further reading
Ζάκυνθος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
