Ζεύς, ὁ,
nominative [
Refs 8th c.BC+], once written Ζηύς [
Refs];
Boeotian dialect Δεύς (which see);
vocative Ζεῦ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; late Δεΐ [
Refs];
accusative Δία, rarer than Διός, Διί in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], frequently later (cf. Sanskrit
dyaús,
genitive divás,
locative diví 'sky', 'heaven', 'day',
locative also
dyávi,= Latin “Jove”,
accusative dyā´m,= Latin
diem,= Gr. Ζῆν (see. below)): also
nominative Ζήν probably in [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
genitive dative accusative Ζηνός, Ζηνί, Ζῆνα, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Coan Ζηνί [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
accusative Ζῆν (Ζῆν᾽ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect Ττηνός, Ττηνί, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
nominative Δήν Hdn.Gr.2.911:—
Doric dialect and
Attic dialect-
Ionic dialect forms with α (of doubtful origin),
nominative Ζάν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ζανός and Ζανί, [
Refs];
accusative Ζᾶνα [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
nominative Ζάς [
Refs 6th c.BC+];
Δάν (which see);
Τάν Head [
Refs];
nominative Δίς [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Ζεῦν
falsa lectio for Ζῆν᾽ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ πάντες θεοί, ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in oaths, οὐ μὰ Ζῆνα, twice in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; νὴ τὸν Δία or νὴ Δία, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τὸν Δία alone, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: proverbial of enormous wealth, τῷ Διὶ πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζειν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) of other deities, Ζ. καταχθόνιος,= Πλούτων, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of non-Greek divinities, Ζ. Ἄμμων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of Semitic Baalim, Z. Βεελβώσωρος, etc, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; Z. Ὠρομάσδης,= [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III) of persons, ὁ σχινοκέφαλος Z, iron. of Pericles, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in flattery of kings, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ξέρξης ὁ τῶν Περσῶν Z. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Roman emperors, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; Νέρων Z. Ἐλευθέριος [
Refs]; Ζῆνα τὸν Αἰνεάδην [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV) Διὸς ἀστήρ the
planet Jupiter, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Διὸς ἡμέρα a day of the week, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V) [
Refs 4th c.BC+] name for the
monad, [
Refs]