Zetis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Zethis (manuscript variant) === Etymology === Uncertain. W. W. Tarn suggested that the term is a nickname originating as syncope of Ancient Greek ζήτησις (zḗtēsis, “search”), perhaps referring to the expedition of Nearchus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈzɛ.tɪs] === Proper noun === Zetis f sg (genitive Zetis); third declension A town mentioned by Pliny in Carmania, modern Iran, perhaps present-day Hormuz or Faryab, earlier Gulashkird ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only. === References === “Zetis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Cohen, Getzel M. (2013), “Zetis”, in The Hellenistic Settlements to the East from Armenia and Mesopotamia to Bactria and India, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 200