Ζεύς, ὁ,
nominative [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.175, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+], once written Ζηύς [[ “IG” 12(3).1313 (from Thera), but Ζεύς [prev. work]1316, +others] Refs]; Boeotian dialect Δεύς (which see); vocative Ζεῦ [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.503, etc.; _genitive_ Διϝός “BMus.Inscription” 952 (Cephallenia, 6th c.BC), Διός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.63, etc.; _dative_ Διϝί “Schwyzer” 80 (Argive, from Olympia, 5th c.BC), Διί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.578, +others, “IG” 12.80.12 (5th c.BC), etc., _contraction_ Δί [ῑ] 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.106, “SIG” 9,35 (Elis, 6th c.BC, Syrac., 5th c.BC, from Olympia)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; late Δεΐ [[ “JHS” 32.167 (from Pisidia), etc.] Refs]; accusative Δία, rarer than Διός, Διί in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.394, +others)] Refs 8th c.BC+], frequently later (cf. Sanskrit dyaús, genitive divás, locative diví 'sky', 'heaven', 'day', locative also dyávi,= Latin “Jove”, accusative dyā´m,= Latin diem,= Gr. Ζῆν (see. below)): also nominative Ζήν probably in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 162 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; genitive dative accusative Ζηνός, Ζηνί, Ζῆνα, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.408, 2.49, 14.157, +others, frequently in Trag. (Comedy texts only in Trag. phrases)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Coan Ζηνί [[ “SIG” 1025.24 (4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; accusative Ζῆν (Ζῆν᾽ [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.206, 14.265, 24.331, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 884, at end of verse, before vowel in next verse (stem Ζην- probably originated in _accusative_ _sing._)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect Ττηνός, Ττηνί, [[ “GDI” 5024.23, 77, Τῆνα, Τηνί, [prev. work]5039.11, 5145.12, Δῆνα “SIG” 527.17 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; nominative Δήν Hdn.Gr.2.911:—Doric dialect and Attic dialect-Ionic dialect forms with α (of doubtful origin), nominative Ζάν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Pythagorae - Porphyrii Opuscula” 17, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 570; _genitive_ Ζανός “Schwyzer” 696 (Chios, 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 1.7, 3rd c.BC: Philoxenus Epigrammaticus 3.10, “IG” 5(1).407 (Sparta, 2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ζανός and Ζανί, [[ “Lyrica Adespota” 82A, B (from Ionic)] Refs]; accusative Ζᾶνα [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 10.6P., cf. Euhem. 24J. (“FGrH” 63)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; nominative Ζάς [[ 6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus 1, 2 (Ζής cited in Hdn.Gr. [same place]), Ζάς Ζαντός 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.116 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; Δάν (which see); Τάν Head [[ “Hist.Num.” 2469 (from Crete)] Refs]; nominative Δίς [[ 3rd c.BC: Rhinthon Comicus 14, Hdn.Gr. [same place]:—oblative cases Ζεός, Ζεΐ, Ζέα, cited by 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.177, 195 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Ζεῦν falsa lectio for Ζῆν᾽ [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschrio Lyricus 8.5: the _plural_ Δίες, Δίας, Διῶν, Δισί, 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 127; τοὺς κτησίους Δίας 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.473b; Δίες καὶ Ζῆνες “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.191; Elean Ζᾶνες 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.21.2:— “Zeus”, the sky-god, ὔει μὲν ὀ Z. 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 34, compare “SIG” 93.34 (5th c.BC), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 14.12, etc.; Ζεῦ ἄλλοι τε θεοί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.476 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ πάντες θεοί, ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1, etc.; Ζεῦ Ζεῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 246, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 323 (Lyric poetry, probable reading); ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, τῆς λεπτότητος τῶν φρενῶν [prev. author] “Nu.” 153 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in oaths, οὐ μὰ Ζῆνα, twice in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.43, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.339: frequently in Comedy texts and Prose, οὐ μὰ Δία 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 193, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 426b (with _Article_, μὰ τὸν Δί᾽, οὐ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 169, +others); ναὶ μὰ Δία [prev. author] “Ach.” 88, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.14 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; νὴ τὸν Δία or νὴ Δία, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 217, “Eq.” 319, etc.; compare νηδ; πρὸς τοῦ Διός [prev. author] “Av.” 130; πρὸς Διός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τὸν Δία alone, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 986 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: proverbial of enormous wealth, τῷ Διὶ πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]