Ζεῦξις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ζεύγνῡμῐ (zeúgnūmi, “to yoke, saddle”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ζεῦξῐς • (Zeûxis) m (genitive Ζεύξεως); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Zeuxis

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ζεῦξῐς; τοῦ Ζεύξεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ζεῦξῐς
ho Zeûxis
Genitive τοῦ Ζεύξεως
toû Zeúxeōs
Dative τῷ Ζεύξει
tôi Zeúxei
Accusative τὸν Ζεῦξῐν
tòn Zeûxin
Vocative Ζεῦξῐ
Zeûxi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ζεύξις (Zéfxis), Ζεύξης (Zéfxis)
  • → Armenian: Զեւքսիս (Zewkʻsis)
  • → Latin: Zeuxis
    • → English: Zeuxis
    • → Italian: Zeusi

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
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