Ζεύς — Middle Liddell

Ζεύς the obl. cases formed from Δίς, gen. Διός; dat. Διΐ, Δί [ῑ], acc. Δία in Poets also, Ζηνός, Ζηνί, Ζῆνα in later Doric Ζάν, Ζανός, etc.:— Zeus, Lat. Ju-piter, father of gods and men, son of Kronos and Rhea, hence called Κρονίδης, Κρονίων, husband of Hera: —Hom. makes him rule in the lower air (ἀήρ) ; hence rain and storms come from him, Ζεὺς ὕει, etc.:—in oaths, οὐ μὰ Ζῆνα Hom., Attic; so μὰ Δία, νὴ Δία, Attic Ζεὺς καταχθόνιος, Pluto, Il.

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Ζεύς

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14431

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n14438

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*zeu/s

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