According to Solmsen and to Vasmer, the word is related to Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“vehement, furious”), suggesting a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *yoHro-.
ζωρός • (zōrós) m or f (neuter ζωρόν); second declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ζωρός zōrós |
ζωρόν zōrón |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωροί zōroí |
ζωρᾰ́ zōrá | ||||||||
| Genitive | ζωροῦ zōroû |
ζωροῦ zōroû |
ζωροῖν zōroîn |
ζωροῖν zōroîn |
ζωρῶν zōrôn |
ζωρῶν zōrôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ζωρῷ zōrôi |
ζωρῷ zōrôi |
ζωροῖν zōroîn |
ζωροῖν zōroîn |
ζωροῖς zōroîs |
ζωροῖς zōroîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | ζωρόν zōrón |
ζωρόν zōrón |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωρούς zōroús |
ζωρᾰ́ zōrá | ||||||||
| Vocative | ζωρέ zōré |
ζωρόν zōrón |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωρώ zōrṓ |
ζωροί zōroí |
ζωρᾰ́ zōrá | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ζωρῶς zōrôs |
ζωρότερος zōróteros |
ζωρότᾰτος zōrótatos | ||||||||||||
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