ζώνη

See also: Ζώνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ζώνᾱ (zṓnā) — Doric

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:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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
  2. zone

Declension
declension of ζώνη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative ζώνη • ζώνες •
genitive ζώνης • ζωνών •
accusative ζώνη • ζώνες •
vocative ζώνη • ζώνες •
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