Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βίωσις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: βίωσις

Structure: βιωσι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: bio/w

Sense

  1. manner of life

Declension

Third 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.

Examples

  • ἔπειτα δὲ ὁ νομοθέτησ ὁ πρῶτοσ ἔπεισεν αὐτοὺσ ὡσ ἀδελφοὶ πάντεσ εἰε͂ν ἀλλήλων, ἐπειδὰν ἅπαξ παραβάντεσ θεοὺσ μὲν τοὺσ Ἑλληνικοὺσ ἀπαρνήσωνται, τὸν δὲ ἀνεσκολοπισμένον ἐκεῖνον σοφιστὴν αὐτὸν ^ προσκυνῶσιν καὶ κατὰ τοὺσ ἐκείνου νόμουσ βιῶσιν. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:22)
  • οἳ δ’ ἂν ἰάσιμα μὲν μεγάλα δὲ δόξωσιν ἡμαρτηκέναι ἁμαρτήματα, οἱο͂ν πρὸσ πατέρα ἢ μητέρα ὑπ’ ὀργῆσ βίαιόν τι πράξαντεσ, καὶ μεταμέλον αὐτοῖσ τὸν ἄλλον βίον βιῶσιν, ἢ ἀνδροφόνοι τοιούτῳ τινὶ ἄλλῳ τρόπῳ γένωνται, τούτουσ δὲ ἐμπεσεῖν μὲν εἰσ τὸν Τάρταρον ἀνάγκη, ἐμπεσόντασ δὲ αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἐνιαυτὸν ἐκεῖ γενομένουσ ἐκβάλλει τὸ κῦμα, τοὺσ μὲν ἀνδροφόνουσ κατὰ τὸν Κωκυτόν, τοὺσ δὲ πατραλοίασ καὶ μητραλοίασ κατὰ τὸν Πυριφλεγέθοντα· (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 911:2)

Synonyms

  1. manner of life

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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