βίος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
βίος
βίου
Structure:
βι
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Note
(often with a positive connotation: the good life)
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- νῦν δ’ ἐξωστράκισται μὲν πᾶν τὸ χρήσιμον ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων, ἐξῄρηται δὲ τὰ νεῦρα τῶν πόλεων, εἰσ ἄνεσιν δὲ καὶ τρυφὴν νενεύκασιν οἱ βίοι, τὰ δὲ τῆσ ὁμονοίασ οὐκέτι μένει, νόθαι δὲ γεγόνασιν αἱ τῶν φίλων ἐλπίδεσ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 53:2)
- ἄλλωσ τε οὐδ’ ὅμοια τἀμὰ τοῖσ τῶν πλουσίων ἐκ διαμέτρου γὰρ ἡμῶν οἱ βίοι, φασίν ὁ μὲν γε τύραννοσ εὐδαίμων εἶναι δοκῶν παρὰ τὸν βίον, φοβερὸσ ἅπασι καὶ περίβλεπτοσ, ἀπολιπὼν χρυσὸν τοσοῦτον καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἵππουσ καὶ δεῖπνα καὶ παῖδασ ὡραίουσ καὶ γυναῖκασ εὐμόρφουσ εἰκότωσ ἠνιᾶτο καὶ ἀποσπώμενοσ αὐτῶν ἤχθετο· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 14:10)
- οἱ μὲν οὖν βίοι τῶν ἀνδρῶν τοιαύτην ἔχουσιν ἱστορίαν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Pericles and Fabius Maximus, chapter 1 1:1)
- καθάπερ γὰρ ἀνθρώπου βίοι πλείονεσ, ἔστι καὶ δήμου ἡ πολιτεία βίοσ· (Plutarch, De unius in republica dominatione, chapter, section 1 5:2)
- καὶ τὰσ φυλὰσ εἰσὶν οἱ λέγοντεσ οὐκ ἀπὸ τῶν Ιὤνοσ υἱῶν, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ τῶν γενῶν, εἰσ ἃ διῃρέθησαν οἱ βίοι τὸ πρῶτον, ὠνομάσθαι, τὸ μὲν μάχιμον Ὁπλίτασ, τὸ δ’ ἐργατικὸν Ἐργάδεισ· (Plutarch, , chapter 23 4:2)
- ὁ κακοδαίμων, οἱο͂ν βιοῖ τὸν βίον. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 30:3)
- "ὑπὲρ γὰρ τὸν ἄτρακτον βιοῖ. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:29)
- ἔτι δὲ εἴσῃ αὐτίκα μάλα παρ’ αὐτοῦ πόσον μὲν ὁ κώνωψ βιοῖ τὸν χρόνον, ἐφ’ ὁπόσον δὲ βάθοσ ἡ θάλαττα ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου καταλάμπεται, καὶ ὁποία τίσ ἐστιν ἡ ψυχὴ τῶν ὀστρείων. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 25:18)
