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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

  • ψυχὴν παντὸσ ζῴου ἐκάλυψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆσ, καὶ εἰσ αὐτὴν ἡ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 16:30)
  • καὶ ἐκεῖ τὰ παράδοξα καὶ θαυμάσια ἔργα, ποικιλία παντὸσ ζῴου, κτίσισ κητῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 43:25)
  • πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἑκάστῳ γένει ζῴου μία τροφὴ σύμφυλόσ ἐστι, τοῖσ μὲν πόα τοῖσ δὲ ῥίζα τισ ἢ καρπόσ· (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 8 2:1)
  • ζῴου καὶ πεφυκότοσ ὅσον χρὴ χρόνον πολιτικῶσ καὶ φιλοκάλωσ καὶ φιλανθρώπωσ ζῆν. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 14 1:1)
  • τίνι λόγῳ Πυθαγόρασ ἀπείχετο σαρκοφαγίασ, ἐγὼ δὲ θαυμάζω καὶ τίνι πάθει καὶ ποίᾳ ψυχῇ ἢ λόγῳ ὁ πρῶτοσ ἄνθρωποσ ἥψατο φόνου στόματι καὶ τεθνηκότοσ ζῴου χείλεσι προσήψατο σαρκόσ· (Plutarch, De esu carnium I, chapter, section 12)
  • διατί γὰρ τῆσ φύσεωσ κεχαρισμένησ καλλίστην τὴν τοῦδε τοῦ ζώου σαρκοφαγίαν βδελύττῃ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:7)

Synonyms

  1. animal

  2. form

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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