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ζοός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζοός ζοή ζοόν

Structure: ζο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: poet. for zwo/s, Theocr.

Sense

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ζοός ζοή ζοόν
Genitive ζοοῦ ζοῆς ζοοῦ
Dative ζοῷ ζοῇ ζοῷ
Accusative ζοόν ζοήν ζοόν
Vocative ζοέ ζοή ζοόν
DualN/A/V ζοώ ζοᾱ́ ζοώ
G/D ζοοῖν ζοαῖν ζοοῖν
PluralNominative ζοοί ζοαί ζοά
Genitive ζοῶν ζοῶν ζοῶν
Dative ζοοῖς ζοαῖς ζοοῖς
Accusative ζοούς ζοᾱ́ς ζοά
Vocative ζοοί ζοαί ζοά
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ζοός ζοοῦ ζοότερος ζοοτεροῦ ζοότατος ζοοτατοῦ
Adverb ζοώς ζοότερον ζοότατα

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

  • οἱ δ’ ἐν θαλάσσῃ λαίλαπι κλονεύμενοι καὶ κύμασιν πολλοῖσι πορφυρῆσ ἁλὸσ θνῄσκουσιν, εὖτ’ ἂν νῆα νήσωνται ζοῇ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 12)
  • δεῖ πᾶσαν γυναῖκα ἐπιχωρίην ἱζομένην ἐσ ἱρὸν Ἀφροδίτησ ἅπαξ ἐν τῇ ζόῃ μιχθῆναι ἀνδρὶ ξείνῳ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 199 2:2)
  • λίνον μοῦνοι οὗτοί τε καὶ Αἰγύπτιοι ἐργάζονται καὶ κατὰ ταὐτά, καὶ ἡ ζόη πᾶσα καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα ἐμφερήσ ἐστι ἀλλήλοισι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 105 2:2)

Similar forms

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

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