Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

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

  • συγγνώσθ’, ὅταν τισ κρείσσον’ ἢ φέρειν κακὰ πάθῃ, ταλαίνησ ἐξαπαλλάξαι ζόησ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 1:1)
  • ἐσ γὰρ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτεα οὖρον τῆσ ζόησ ἀνθρώπῳ προτίθημι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 32 3:2)
  • πρὸσ ὧν τὴν ὄψιν ταύτην τόν τε γάμον τοι τοῦτον ἔσπευσα καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ παραλαμβανόμενα οὐκ ἀποπέμπω, φυλακὴν ἔχων, εἴ κωσ δυναίμην ἐπὶ τῆσ ἐμῆσ σε ζόησ διακλέψαι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 38 3:1)
  • " οὗτοσ μὲν δὴ τοῦτο πρῶτον ἐφθέγξατο, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο ἤδη ἐφώνεε τὸν πάντα χρόνον τῆσ ζόησ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 85 5:2)
  • Μαζάρησ δὲ ὁ Μῆδοσ ἐλάσασ ἐπὶ τὰσ Σάρδισ τοῦ Κύρου στρατοῦ μοῖραν ὅσην δή κοτε ἔχων, ὡσ οὐκ εὑρ͂ε ἔτι ἐόντασ τοὺσ ἀμφὶ Πακτύην ἐν Σάρδισι, πρῶτα μὲν τοὺσ Λυδοὺσ ἠνάγκασε τὰσ Κύρου ἐντολὰσ ἐπιτελέειν, ἐκ τούτου δὲ κελευσμοσύνησ Λυδοὶ τὴν πᾶσαν δίαιταν τῆσ ζόησ μετέβαλον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 157 3:1)

Similar forms

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION