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@LINK Ζεύς

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2203. Ζεύς [the obl. cases formed from *di/s, gen. Διός; dat. Διΐ, Δί [ι_], acc. Δία] [in Poets also, Ζηνός, Ζηνί, Ζῆνα] [in later doric Ζάν, Ζανός, etc.:—] I. 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
II. Ζεὺς καταχθόνιος, Pluto, Il.

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2203. Ζεύς Zeuvs Zeus {dzyooce}
of uncertain affinity; in the oblique cases there is used instead of it a (probably cognate) name Dis deece, which is otherwise obsolete Zeus or Dis (among the Latins, Jupiter or Jove), the supreme deity of the Greeks:--Jupiter.

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2203 zepheth zeh'-feth

from an unused root (meaning to liquify); asphalt (from its
tendency to soften in the sun):--pitch.