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ζῷον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζῷον ζῴου

Structure: ζῳ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: as if contr. from zw/i+on

Sense

  1. animal, beast
  2. (art) form, image

Declension

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

  • αὕτη ἡ θάλασσα ἡ μεγάλη καὶ εὐρύχωροσ, ἐκεῖ ἑρπετά, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμόσ, ζῷα μικρὰ μετὰ μεγάλων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 103:25)
  • καὶ τὰ ζῷα δὲ τὰ ἔχθιστα σέβονται. ἀνοίᾳ γὰρ συγκρινόμενα τῶν ἄλλων ἐστὶ χείρονα. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 15:18)
  • ποτὲ μὲν γὰρ ἡμεροῦτο φλόξ, ἵνα μὴ καταφλέξῃ τὰ ἐπ̓ ἀσεβεῖσ ἀπεσταλμένα ζῷα, ἀλλ̓ αὐτοὶ βλέποντεσ ἴδωσιν, ὅτι Θεοῦ κρίσει ἐλαύνονται. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 16:18)
  • καὶ ἐν τῷ πορεύεσθαι τὰ ζῷα ἐπορεύοντο οἱ τροχοὶ ἐχόμενοι αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐξαίρειν τὰ ζῶα ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ ἐξῄροντο οἱ τροχοί. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 1:18)
  • οὗ ἂν ἦν ἡ νεφέλη, ἐκεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πορεύεσθαι. ἐπορεύοντο τὰ ζῷα καὶ οἱ τροχοὶ καὶ ἐξῄροντο σὺν αὐτοῖσ, διότι πνεῦμα ζωῆσ ἐν τοῖσ τροχοῖσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 1:19)
  • τὰ ζῷά σου κατοικοῦσιν ἐν αὐτῇ. ἡτοίμασασ ἐν τῇ χρηστότητί σου τῷ πτωχῷ, ὁ Θεόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 67:11)

Synonyms

  1. animal

  2. form

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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