ζῷον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ζῷον
ζῴου
Structure:
ζῳ
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- animal, beast
- (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.
- 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
-
animal
- θηρίον (wild animal, beast, savage beast)
- κνώδαλον (any dangerous animal, a monster, beast)
-
form