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ζωή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζωή ζωῆς

Structure: ζω (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: za/w

Sense

  1. a living, property
  2. life

Declension

First 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

  • ὅτι κρεῖσσον τὸ ἔλεόσ σου ὑπὲρ ζωάσ. τὰ χείλη μου ἐπαινέσουσί σε. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 62:4)
  • καῖέ τε δαιδαλέασ ἐκ λάρνακοσ ὠκύμορον φιτρὸν ἀγκλαύσασα, τὸν δὴ μοῖρ’ ἐπέκλωσεν τότε ζωᾶσ ὁρ́ον ἁμετέρασ ἔμμεν. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 11:2)
  • αἵ μοι συμβαίνουσ’ ἆται, σύγγονον ἁμὸν κατακλαιομένα ζωᾶσ, οἱάν <οἱάν> ἰδόμαν ὄψιν ὀνείρων νυκτόσ, τᾶσ ἐξῆλθ’ ὄρφνα. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, anapests 1:2)
  • εἰή μή ποτέ μοι τοιοῦτον ἦθοσ, Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἀλλὰ κελεύθοισ ἁπλόαισ ζωᾶσ ἐφαπτοίμαν, θανὼν ὡσ παισὶ κλέοσ μὴ τὸ δύσφαμον προσάψω. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 8 13:1)
  • ἐγχέων ταύταν θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶσ ἀναβάλλομαι ὡσ πόρσιστα, μοῖραν δ’ εὔνομον αἰτέω σε παισὶν δαρὸν Αἰτναίων ὀπάζειν, Ζεῦ πάτερ, ἀγλαί̈αισιν δ’ ἀστυνόμοισ ἐπιμῖξαι λαόν. (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 9 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. a living

  2. life

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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