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