Lexical Definition

‎Ζεύς‎ Zeús (dzyooce) Zeus ^N:N--T
of uncertain affinity

Jupiter.

• in the oblique cases there is used instead of it a (probably cognate) name , which is otherwise obsolete
• Zeus or Dis (among the Latins, Jupiter or Jove), the supreme deity of the Greeks

Abbott-Smith

Ζεύς
gen., Διός, dat., Διΐ, acc., Δία (Δίαν, D, al.),
Zeus (Lat. Jupiter): Ac 14:12, 13.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Ζεύς, Δίς, ὁ,

nominative [Refs 8th c.BC+], once written Ζηύς [Ζεύς, Δίς [prev. work]1316, +others">Refs]; Boeotian dialect Δεύς (which see); vocative Ζεῦ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; late Δεΐ [Refs]; accusative Δία, rarer than Διός, Διί in [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 [Refs 4th c.BC+]; genitive dative accusative Ζηνός, Ζηνί, Ζῆνα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Coan Ζηνί [Refs 4th c.BC+]; accusative Ζῆν (Ζῆν᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect Ττηνός, Ττηνί, [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 [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ζανός and Ζανί, [Refs]; accusative Ζᾶνα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; nominative Ζάς [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Δάν (which see); Τάν Head [Refs]; nominative Δίς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; Ζεῦν falsa lectio for Ζῆν᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ πάντες θεοί, ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in oaths, οὐ μὰ Ζῆνα, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νὴ τὸν Δία or νὴ Δία, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ τὸν Δία alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: proverbial of enormous wealth, τῷ Διὶ πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II of other deities, Ζ. καταχθόνιος,= Πλούτων, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of non-Greek divinities, Ζ. Ἄμμων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently of Semitic Baalim, Z. Βεελβώσωρος, etc., [Refs 1st c.AD+]; Z. Ὠρομάσδης,= [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III of persons, ὁ σχινοκέφαλος Z., iron. of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in flattery of kings, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ξέρξης ὁ τῶν Περσῶν Z. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Roman emperors, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; Νέρων Z. Ἐλευθέριος [Refs]; Ζῆνα τὸν Αἰνεάδην [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__IV Διὸς ἀστήρ the planet Jupiter, [Ζεύς, Δίς “Placita Philosophorum” 2.32.1, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.7 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; Διὸς ἡμέρα a day of the week, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__V [Refs 4th c.BC+] name for the monad, [Refs]