"ζίζυφον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ζίζυφον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /zdíz.dy.pʰon/, /ˈzi.zy.ɸon/, /ˈzi.zi.fon/, /zdíz.dy.pʰon/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈzi.zy.pʰon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈzi.zy.ɸon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈzi.zy.fon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈzi.zi.fon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Of unknown origin. Maybe of Oriental origin, but Beekes doesn't dismiss a Pre-Greek origin, comparing the word with σέσυφος (sésuphos) and Σίσυφος (Sísuphos). Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|title=unknown}} unknown, {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|ζίζῠφον|ζιζύφου|n|second}} ζίζῠφον • (zízuphon) n (genitive ζιζύφου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ζίζῠφον|ου}} Forms: ζίζῠφον [canonical], zízuphon [romanization], ζιζύφου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ ζίζῠφον [nominative, singular], τὼ ζιζῠ́φω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ζίζῠφᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ζιζῠ́φου [genitive, singular], τοῖν ζιζῠ́φοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ζιζῠ́φων [genitive, plural], τῷ ζιζῠ́φῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ζιζῠ́φοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ζιζῠ́φοις [dative, plural], τὸ ζίζῠφον [accusative, singular], τὼ ζιζῠ́φω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ζίζῠφᾰ [accusative, plural], ζίζῠφον [singular, vocative], ζιζῠ́φω [dual, vocative], ζίζῠφᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) Categories (lifeform): Buckthorn family plants
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          "expansion": "→ Arabic: زَيْزَفُون (zayzafūn)\n→ Persian: زیزفون (zizofun)",
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        }
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      "text": "⇒ Arabic: زُفَيْزَف (zufayzaf)\n→ Galician: azufaifo\n→ Portuguese: açofeifa, açofaifa\n→ Spanish: azofaifa, azufaifa"
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      "form": "τῶν ζιζῠ́φων",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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        "dative",
        "dual"
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        "vocative"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Buckthorn family plants",
          "orig": "grc:Buckthorn family plants",
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            "Rosales order plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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          "Ziziphus jujuba#Translingual"
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      "ipa": "/zdíz.dy.pʰon/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zy.ɸon/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zi.fon/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/zdíz.dy.pʰon/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
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      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zy.pʰon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zy.ɸon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zy.fon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zi.fon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "text": "→ Albanian: xinxife"
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: زَيْزَفُون (zayzafūn)\n→ Persian: زیزفون (zizofun)"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Syriac: ܙܽܘܙܦܴܐ (zūzp̄ā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Syriac: ܙܽܘܙܦܴܐ (zūzp̄ā)"
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            "1": "ar",
            "2": "زُفَيْزَف",
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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      "text": "⇒ Arabic: زُفَيْزَف (zufayzaf)\n→ Galician: azufaifo\n→ Portuguese: açofeifa, açofaifa\n→ Spanish: azofaifa, azufaifa"
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        "nominative"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τοῖν ζιζῠ́φοιν",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "τῶν ζιζῠ́φων",
      "roman": "tôn zizúphōn",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "τῷ ζιζῠ́φῳ",
      "roman": "tôi zizúphōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοῖν ζιζῠ́φοιν",
      "roman": "toîn zizúphoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῖς ζιζῠ́φοις",
      "roman": "toîs zizúphois",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "τὸ ζίζῠφον",
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        "dual"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "ζίζῠφον",
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        "vocative"
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      "form": "ζίζῠφᾰ",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
        "Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "grc:Buckthorn family plants"
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          "jujube"
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        [
          "Ziziphus jujuba",
          "Ziziphus jujuba#Translingual"
        ]
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      "ipa": "/zdíz.dy.pʰon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zy.ɸon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zi.fon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/zdíz.dy.pʰon/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zy.pʰon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zy.ɸon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zy.fon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzi.zi.fon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ζίζυφον"
}

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