Ζεῦξις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmi, “to yoke, saddle”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdêu̯k.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzewk.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzeɸk.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzefk.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzefk.sis/
Proper noun
Ζεῦξῐς • (Zeûxis) m (genitive Ζεύξεως); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Zeuxis
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029