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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

animal, beast
(art) form, image

Declension

Second declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ζῷον	ζῴω	ζῷα
Genitive	ζῴου	ζῴοιν	ζῴων
Dative	ζῴῳ	ζῴοιν	ζῴοις
Accusative	ζῷον	ζῴω	ζῷα
Vocative	ζῷον	ζῴω	ζῷα

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

καὶ γὰρ τῶν πλάνησ ὁδῶν μακρότερον ἐπλανήθησαν, θεοὺσ ὑπολαμβάνοντεσ τὰ καὶ ἐν ζῴοισ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἄτιμα, νηπίων δίκην ἀφρόνων ψευσθέντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 12:24)
καὶ μὴν οὐδὲν ἄτοπον, ἔφη, τοῦτο, εἰ μέλλω καὶ ἀποθανὼν ζῴοισ τισὶ χρήσιμοσ ἔσεσθαι. (Lucian, (no name) 66:6)
ἐν μὲν οὖν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ζῴοισ ἀλόγωσ τοῦτο ὑπάρχει, καὶ ἐφ’ ὅσον μετέχουσι τῆσ φύσεωσ, ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, καὶ τεκνοποιίασ μόνον χάριν· (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 15:1)
ὁρ́α περὶ τοὺσ γάμουσ ὅσον ἐστὶν ἐν τοῖσ ζῴοισ τὸ κατὰ φύσιν. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 21)
ὁρ́α περὶ τοὺσ γάμουσ ὅσον ἐστὶν ἐν τοῖσ ζῴοισ τὸ κατὰ φύσιν. (Plutarch, De amore prolis, section 21)
ἐπεὶ τά γε ἄλλα παρὰ πολὺ αὐτῆσ ἀλλ̓ οὐδέν, ὦ φίλη Ἀδράστεια, φημί, ζώοισ μόνον. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:11)
Εὖ γε, ὦ Θούκριτε, ζώοισ ἐπὶ μήκιστον πλουτῶν ἅμα καὶ τῶν τοιούτων καταγελῶν, μηδὲ πρότερόν γε σὺ ἀποθάνοισ ἢ προπέμψασ πάντασ τοὺσ κόλακασ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 13:1)

Synonyms

animal
- θηρίον (wild animal, beast, savage beast)
- κνώδαλον (any dangerous animal, a monster, beast)
form
- φαντασίᾱ (image)
- εἰκασία (a likeness, image)
- εἴκασμα (a likeness, image)
- ἀνδρείκελον (an image of a man)
- ξοανουργία (a carving of images)
- εἰδωλοποιός (an image-maker)
- εἰδωλοποιί̈α (formation of images)

δίπους (two-footed)
δίπορος (with two roads or openings)
ἀγελαῖος (belonging to a herd)
πολυκαρπία (abundance of fruit)
φυτός (shaped by nature)
φυτόν (plant)
λογικός (Belonging to speech)
πολύγονος (producing many at a birth)
αὐτοάνθρωπος (the ideal man)
ἐπίγειος (terrestrial)
θηρίον (wild animal)
θηρευτός ()
ἀγένητος (unborn)
παμφάγος (all-devouring)
ἔμψυχος (having life in one)
ἐκμαγεῖον (that on or in which an impression is made)
κυνοκέφαλος (baboon)
σαρκοφάγος (eating flesh)
φθαρτός (perishable)
ἀθεώρητος (without observation)
φυτικός (of or belonging to plants)
ἱπποκένταυρος (centaur)
πολυπόδης ()
θρεπτικός (able to feed or rear)
κινητέος (to be moved)
ἀδίδακτος (untaught)
γέννησις (producing)
σύμφυλος (of the same stock or race)
σῆψις (putrefaction)
μελανία (blackness)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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animal

form

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