Zeus

Zeus

See also: zeus, Zéus, Zèus, and Zeŭs

Translingual

Proper noun

Zeus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Zeidae – John Dory and Cape dory.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytismataceae – a fungus discovered on Mount Olympus, with yellow disc-shaped fruiting bodies that grow in the decaying wood of Bosnian pine trees.

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). Doublet of Dyeus and Jove.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Zeus (plural Zeuses)

  1. (Greek mythology) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A representative given name for a dog.
    • 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:
      67 give zeus a bath Wash off whatever your dog rolled in over the weekend. It'll freshen up your house and you'll burn about 100 calories.
    • 2024 June 25, Issy Ronald, “Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies shortly after securing record”, in CNN[1]:
      Eventually, he was named the world’s tallest male dog, taking over the title from fellow Great Dane Zeus who also died aged three in September, after suffering from bone cancer.

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Zeus m

  1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛu̯s]
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Zeus m anim (relational adjective Diův)

  1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

Declension

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /søvˀs/, [ˈsœwˀs]

Proper noun

Zeus (genitive Zeus')

  1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch zeus, from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zœy̯s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Zeus
  • Rhymes: -œy̯s

Proper noun

Zeus

  1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera)

French

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Zeus m

    1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (god)

    Descendants

    • Vietnamese: Dớt
    • Persian: زئوس (ze'us)

    Anagrams

    German

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Zeus m

    1. Zeus

    Indonesian

    Etymology

    Derived from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Zeus

    1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera)

    Further reading

    Italian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɛ.us/[1]
    • Rhymes: -ɛus
    • Hyphenation: Zè‧us

    Proper noun

    Zeus m

    1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

    References

    1. ^ Zeus in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

      Pronunciation

      Proper noun

      Zeus m sg (genitive Dios); third declension

      1. (Greek mythology, rare, New Latin) Zeus
        • 1830, Simon Karsten, Xenophanis Colophonii Carminum Reliquiae De Parmenidis Philosophia.20:
          Quis ignorat Persarum religiones, in quibus duo illa numina consecrata sunt, lucis alter, alter tenebrarum Deus? Ejusdem notionis vestigia, quamvis obscura, in Graecorum mythologica apparent, ubi in primis celebrantur Ζεύς et Ἅιδης, alter coeli et lucis, alter orci et tenebrarum Deus.
          Who does not know of the Persian religions, in which two spirits are worshipped, one a god of light, the other of darkness? Traces of the same idea, although obscured, show up in Greek mythology: in its origins, Zeus and Hades are worshipped, one as a god of heaven and light, the other of the underworld and darkness.

      Declension

      Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

      singular
      nominative Zeus
      genitive Dios
      dative Diī
      accusative Dia
      ablative Die
      vocative Zeus

      The genitive, dative, accusative and ablative forms derive from the irregular second stem Δῐ- (Dĭ-).

      Polish

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        Learned borrowing from Latin Zeus. Doublet of Jowisz and Jupiter.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.us/
        • Audio:(file)
        • Rhymes: -ɛus
        • Syllabification: Ze‧us
        • Homophone: ze.us

        Proper noun

        Zeus m pers

        1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme ruler of all Greek gods)

        Declension

        Further reading

        • Zeus”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)

        Portuguese

        Etymology

        From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

        Pronunciation

         

        • Hyphenation: Zeus

        Proper noun

        Zeus m

        1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme god of the Greek pantheon)

        See also

        Slovak

        Etymology

        Derived from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /zeus/, [ˈzeus]
        • Rhymes: -eus
        • Hyphenation: Ze‧us

        Proper noun

        Zeus m pers (genitive singular Dia)

        1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

        Declension

        Declension of Zeus
        singulare tantum
        nominative Zeus
        genitive Dia
        dative Diovi
        accusative Dia
        locative Diovi
        instrumental Diom

        Further reading

        • Zeus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

        Spanish

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

        Pronunciation

        Proper noun

        Zeus m

        1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

        Swedish

        Etymology

        Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /sɛvs/

        Proper noun

        Zeus c (genitive Zeus)

        1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme among Greek gods)

        See also

        Turkish

        Proper noun

        Zeus

        1. (Greek mythology) Zeus