Ζεῦς (Διεύς, root διϝ), gen. Διός, dat. Διί,
acc. Δία, voc. Ζεῦ, also gen. Ζηνός, dat.
Ζηνί, acc. Ζῆν（α): Zeus
(Diespiter, Juppiter; cf. Ζεῦ πάτερ,
Il. 3.320), the son of Cronos and
the father of gods and men, god of the lightning, the clouds and
weather, of time itself, hence ὑψίζυγος,
αἰθέρι ναίων, Διὸς ὄμβρος, Διὸς ἑνιαυτοί, εὐρύοπα,
ἐρίγδουπος πόσις Ἥρης, αἰγίοχος, ὑψιβρεμέτης,
νεφεληγερέτα, κελαινεφής, στεροπηγερέτα, τερψικέραυνος,
ἀστεροπητής, ἀργικέραυνος, ἐριβρεμέτης. Zeus is the
sender of portents, and the shaper of destiny, πανομφαῖος, Διὸς τάλαντα, etc.; he is the protector of
kings, of suppliants, of house and court, and he presides over the
fulfilment of oaths, διοτρεφεῖς, διογενεῖς
βασιλῆες, Ζεὺς ξείνιος, ἱκετήσιος, ἑρκεῖος. The
original meaning of the root of the word is the brightness of
the sky, afterwards personified; cf. δῖος, Lat. sub divo.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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