ζώνη

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to ζώννυμι (zṓnnumi, “to gird”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₃s-neh₂, from the root *yeh₃s- (“gird”). Compare Russian пояснь (pojasnʹ), Sanskrit रास्ना (rā́snā) (< *yā́snā).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζώνη • (zṓnē) f (genitive ζώνης); first declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Koine)

  1. belt, sash

Declension

First declension of ἡ ζώνη; τῆς ζώνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ζώνη
hē zṓnē 		τὼ ζώνᾱ
tṑ zṓnā 		αἱ ζῶναι
hai zônai
Genitive τῆς ζώνης
tês zṓnēs 		τοῖν ζώναιν
toîn zṓnain 		τῶν ζωνῶν
tôn zōnôn
Dative τῇ ζώνῃ
têi zṓnēi 		τοῖν ζώναιν
toîn zṓnain 		ταῖς ζώναις
taîs zṓnais
Accusative τὴν ζώνην
tḕn zṓnēn 		τὼ ζώνᾱ
tṑ zṓnā 		τᾱ̀ς ζώνᾱς
tā̀s zṓnās
Vocative ζώνη
zṓnē 		ζώνᾱ
zṓnā 		ζῶναι
zônai
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ζώνη (zóni)
  • → Latin: zōna (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “ζώννυμι”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 617–618
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώννυμι, -μαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 504–505

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “belt; loins, waist”).

Noun

ζώνη • (zóni) f (plural ζώνες)

  1. belt, sash, seat belt
    Δέσε τη ζώνη σου, σε παρακαλώ ― Dése ti zóni sou, se parakaló ― Fasten your seat belt, please
    μαύρη ζώνη στο καράτε. ― mávri zóni sto karáte. ― black belt in karate.
  2. zone
  3. band
    ζώνη συχνοτήτων ― zóni sychnotíton ― frequency band

Declension

Declension of ζώνη
singular plural
nominative ζώνη (zóni) ζώνες (zónes)
genitive ζώνης (zónis) ζωνών (zonón)
accusative ζώνη (zóni) ζώνες (zónes)
vocative ζώνη (zóni) ζώνες (zónes)
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