Ζήνων
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdɛ̌ː.nɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈze̝.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzi.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzi.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzi.non/
Proper noun
Ζήνων • (Zḗnōn) m (genitive Ζήνωνος); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Zeno
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: Ζήνων (Zínon), Ζήνωνας (Zínonas)
- → Albanian: Zenun, Zenan
- → Armenian: Զենոն (Zenon)
- → Latin: Zēnōn, Zēnō
- → Polish: Zenon
- → Turkish: Zenon
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
- Ζήνων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette