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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

  • δίδυμαι γὰρ ἔσαν ζωαί, κυλινδέσκοντό τε κραιπνότεραι ἢ βαρυγδούπων ἀνέμων στίχεσ· (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 4 63:5)
  • μετὰ δὲ λέγουσι ὡσ ἡ παῖσ ἀπήγξατο ὑπὸ ἄχεοσ, ὁ δέ μιν ἔθαψε ἐν τῇ βοὶ̈ ταύτῃ, ἡ δὲ μήτηρ αὐτῆσ τῶν ἀμφιπόλων τῶν προδουσέων τὴν θυγατέρα τῷ πατρὶ ἀπέταμε τὰσ χεῖρασ, καὶ νῦν τὰσ εἰκόνασ αὐτέων εἶναι πεπονθυίασ τά περ αἱ ζωαὶ ἔπαθον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 131 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a living

  2. life

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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