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|Definition=ὁ, nom. Il.1.175, al., once written<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[Ζηύς]] ''IG''12(3).1313 (Thera), but [[Ζεύς]] ib.1316, al.; Boeot. [[Δεύς]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]); voc. [[Ζεῦ]] Il.1.503, etc.; gen. [[Διϝός]] ''BMus.Inscr.''952 (Cephallenia, vi B.C.), Διός Il.1.63, etc.; dat. Διϝί ''Schwyzer'' 80 (Argive, from Olympia, v B.C.), Διί Il.1.578, al., ''IG''12.80.12 (v B.C.), etc., contr. [[Δί]] [ῑ] Pi.''O.''13.106, ''SIG''9,35 (Elis, vi B.C., Syrac., v B.C., from Olympia); late Δεΐ ''JHS''32.167 (Pisidia), etc.; acc. [[Δία]], rarer than [[Διός]], [[Διί]] in Hom. (Il.1.394, al.), freq. later (cf. Skt. dyaús, gen. divás, loc. diví 'sky', 'heaven', 'day', loc. also dyávi,= Lat. [[Jove]], acc. dyā́m,= Lat. [[diem]],= Gr. [[Ζῆν]] (v. infr.)): also nom. [[Ζήν]] prob. in A.''Supp.''162 (lyr.); gen. dat. acc. [[Ζηνός]], [[Ζηνί]], [[Ζῆνα]], Il.4.408, 2.49, 14.157, al., freq. in Trag. (Com. only in Trag. phrases); Coan Ζηνί ''SIG''1025.24 (iv/iii B.C.); acc. [[Ζῆν]] (Ζῆν' Aristarch.) Il.8.206, 14.265, 24.331, Hes.''Th.''884, at end of verse, before vowel in next verse (stem Ζην- prob. originated in acc. sg.); Cret. [[Ττηνός]], [[Ττηνί]], ''GDI''5024.23, 77, [[Τῆνα]], [[Τηνί]], ib.5039.11, 5145.12, Δῆνα ''SIG''527.17 (iii B.C.); nom. [[Δήν]] Hdn.Gr.2.911:—Dor. and Att.-Ion. forms with α (of doubtful origin), nom. Ζάν Pythag. ap. Porph.''VP''17, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''570; gen. Ζανός ''Schwyzer'' 696 (Chios, iv B.C.), Cerc.1.7, Philox.3.10, ''IG''5(1).407 (Sparta, ii A.D.); [[Ζανός]] and [[Ζανί]], ''Lyr.Adesp.'' 82A, B (Ionic); acc. Ζᾶνα Call.''Fr.''10.6P., cf. Euhem.24J. (''FGrH'' 63); nom. Ζάς Pherecyd.Syr.1, 2 ([[Ζής]] ap.Hdn.Gr. [[l.c.]]), Ζάς Ζαντός Choerob. ''in Theod.''1.116; Δάν ([[quod vide|q.v.]]); Τάν Head ''Hist.Num.''2469 (Crete); nom. Δίς Rhinth.14, Hdn.Gr. [[l.c.]]:—obl. cases [[Ζεός]], [[Ζεΐ]], [[Ζέα]], cited by S.E.''M.''1.177, 195; [[Ζεῦν]] [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for Ζῆν' Aeschrio 8.5: the pl. [[Δίες]], [[Δίας]], [[Διῶν]], [[Δισί]], Ael.Dion.''Fr.''127; τοὺς κτησίους Δίας Ath. 11.473b; Δίες καὶ Ζῆνες ''Stoic.''2.191; Elean Ζᾶνες Paus.5.21.2:—[[Zeus]], the [[sky]]-[[god]], ὔει μὲν ὀ Ζεύς Alc.34, cf. ''SIG''93.34 (v B.C.), Thphr. ''Char.''14.12, etc.; Ζεῦ ἄλλοι τε θεοί Il.6.476; [[ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ πάντες θεοί]], [[ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.2.10, Ar.''Pl.''1, etc.; Ζεῦ Ζεῦ A.''Ch.''246, Ar.''V.''323 (lyr., prob. l.); ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, τῆς λεπτότητος τῶν φρενῶν Id.''Nu.''153; in oaths, [[οὐ μὰ Ζῆνα]], twice in Hom., Il.23.43, Od.20.339: freq. in Com. and Prose, οὐ μὰ Δία Ar.''V.''193, Pl.''R.''426b (c.Art., μὰ τὸν Δί', οὐ Ar.''V.''169, al.); ναὶ μὰ Δία Id.''Ach.''88, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.7.14; [[νὴ τὸν Δία]] or [[νὴ Δία]], Ar.''V.''217, ''Eq.''319, etc.; cf. νηδί; πρὸς τοῦ Διός Id.''Av.''130; πρὸς Διός X.''An.''5.7.32; [[οὐ τὸν Δία]] alone, Ar.''Lys.''986: [[proverb|prov.]] of enormous [[wealth]], τῷ Διὶ πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζειν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.49.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of other deities, [[Ζεὺς καταχθόνιος]],= [[Πλούτων]], Il.9.457; Ζεὺς χθόνιος S.''OC''1606, ''SIG''1024.25 (Myconos, iii/ii B.C.); of non-Greek divinities, Ζεὺς Ἄμμων Pi.''P.'' 4.16, etc.; freq. of Semitic Baalim, Ζεὺς [[Βεελβώσωρος]], etc., ''OGI''620 (Gerasa, i A.D.)), etc.; Ζεὺς [[Ὠρομάσδης]],= Pers. [[Ahuramazda]], ib.383.41 (Nemrud Dagh, i B.C.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> of persons, ὁ [[σχινοκέφαλος]] Ζεύς, iron. of [[Pericles]], Cratin.71; in flattery of kings, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.56 (of [[Xerxes]]); [[Ξέρξης]] ὁ τῶν Περσῶν Ζεύς Gorg.''Fr.''5aD.; [ἱερεὺς] Σελεύκου Διὸς Νικάτορος ''OGI''245.10 (ii B.C.); of the Roman emperors, Opp.''C.''1.3; [[Νέρων]] Ζεὺς Ἐλευθέριος ''IG''7.2713.41 (Acraephiae), etc.; Ζῆνα τὸν Αἰνεάδην ''AP''9.307 (Phil.).<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[Διὸς ἀστήρ]] the [[planet Jupiter]], Pl.''Epin.'' 987c, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''343b30, etc.; so Ζεύς ''[[Placita Philosophorum|Placit.]]''2.32.1, Cleom.2.7; [[Διὸς ἡμέρα]] a day of the week, D.C.37.19.<br><span class="bld">V</span> Pythagorean name for the [[monad]], Theol.Ar.12.