Translingual

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Zeus olympius

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Zeidae – the John Dory and the 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.

Hypernyms

• (genus of fungi): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pezizomycotina - subphylum; Leotiomycetes - class; Rhytismatales - order; Rhytismataceae - family

English

A restored marble and bronze statue of Zeus at the Hermitage Museum

Proper noun

Zeus

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

Translations

Anagrams

• Suez, Suze

Catalan

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. Zeus

Danish

Proper noun

Zeus

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zøs]

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (god)

Anagrams

• suez, usez

Descendants

• Vietnamese: Dớt

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsɔɪ̯s/

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. Zeus

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς ‎(Zeús).

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

Polish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς ‎(Zeús).

Proper noun

Zeus m

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

See also

• Júpiter

Slovak

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς ‎(Zeús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze̞us/

Proper noun

Zeus m ‎(genitive Dia)

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς ‎(Zeús).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈθeu̯s/
• (Others) IPA^(key): /ˈseu̯s/

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

Swedish

Proper noun

Zeus

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

Latin

Noun

zeus m ‎(genitive zeī); second declension

1. John Dory (or a similar fish)

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• zeus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ZEUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “zeus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• zeus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• zeus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• zeus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray