Zeus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Zeus in British English:
UK [zju:s]
How to pronounce Zeus in American English:
US [zus]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter
- type genus of the family Zeidae
Word Origin
- Zeus
- supreme god of the ancient Greeks and master of the others, 1706, from Greek, from PIE *dewos- "god" (cognates: Latin deus "god," Old Persian daiva- "demon, evil god," Old Church Slavonic deivai, Sanskrit deva-), from root *dyeu- "to gleam, to shine;" also the root of words for "sky" and "day" (see diurnal). The god-sense is originally "shining," but "whether as originally sun-god or as lightener" is not now clear.
Example
- 1. Zeus botnets are positioned all over the world .
- 2. At olympus zeus ruled as the father of gods and men .
- 3. His father was zeus and his mother a nymph named pluto .
- 4. According to greek legend athena sprang fully formed out of the head of zeus .
- 5. The new edict is to substitute zeus for god , roman mythology being deemed suitably innocuous .