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Tzetzes

Tzetzes

See also: Tzetzès, Tzétzès, and tzetzes

English

Proper noun

Tzetzes

  1. A surname  famously held by:
    1. John Tzetzes (circa 1110–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian

Translations


Latin

Etymology

From the Byzantine Greek Τζέτζης (Tzétzēs).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtzet.zeːs/, [ˈtzɛt.zeːs]

Proper noun

Tzetzēs m (genitive Tzetzae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) A surname  famously held by:
    1. Joannes Tzetzes (circa 1110–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian

Declension

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ēs.

Case Singular
nominative Tzetzēs
genitive Tzetzae
dative Tzetzae
accusative Tzetzēn
ablative Tzetzē
vocative Tzetzē