Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ζά

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Principal Part: ζά

Etym.: aeolic for dia/

Sense

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ ἅμισυ τᾶσ ζοϊάσ ἔχω ζὰ τὰν σὰν ἰδέαν, τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν ἀπώλετο. (Theocritus, Idylls, 6)
  • τινὲσ δέ, ἐπεὶ οἱ ἐνιαυτοὶ ὡρ͂οι λέγονται καὶ τὸ ζα ὅτι μέγεθοσ ἢ πλῆθοσ σημαίνει, ζωρὸν τὸν πολυέτη λέγεσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 22 1:2)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ τὸ ζα ἐκ τοῦ σ καὶ δ καὶ α φασὶν εἶναι, οἱ δέ τινεσ ἕτερον φθόγγον φασὶν εἶναι καὶ οὐθένα τῶν γνωρίμων. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 1 240:1)
  • λέγεσθαι, τὸ δὲ ζα μέγεθοσ εἰωθέναι σημαίνειν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 5, 6:1)
  • Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἴση ἐστὶν ἡ μὲν ΑΖ τῇ ΑΗ ἡ δὲ ΑΒ τῇ ΑΓ, δύο δὴ αἱ ΖΑ, ΑΓ δυσὶ ταῖσ ΗΑ, ΑΒ ἴσαι εἰσὶν ἑκατέρα ἑκατέρᾳ· (Euclid, Elements, book 1, type Prop57)

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

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