zeus

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See also: Zeus, Zéus, Zèus, and Zeŭs

Latin

Noun

zeus m (genitive zeī); second declension

  1. John Dory (or a similar fish)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative zeus zeī
Genitive zeī zeōrum
Dative zeō zeīs
Accusative zeum zeōs
Ablative zeō zeīs
Vocative zee zeī

References

  • zeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • zeus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • zeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • zeus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • zeus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • zeus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray