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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

  • ἢ ζῴῳ τινὶ εὐτελεῖ ὡμοίωσεν αὐτό, καταχρίσασ μίλτῳ καὶ φύκει ἐρυθήνασ χρόαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶσαν κηλῖδα τὴν ἐν αὐτῷ καταχρίσας (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:14)
  • καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ δὲ τῷ ζῴῳ τὰ ἥκιστα μετέχοντα πυρὸσ ἀναισθητότατα, καθάπερ ὀστᾶ καὶ τρίχεσ καὶ τὰ πόρρωθεν ἀφεστῶτα τῆσ καρδίασ σχεδὸν γὰρ ἡ πρὸσ τὰ ἐκ τῆσ ἀπουσίασ μείζων τῶν ἐκ τῆσ τοῦ πυρὸσ γίγνεται παρουσίασ διαφορά. (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 9 8:1)
  • ὁ δὲ ἀλωπεκίασ ὅμοιόσ ἐστι τῇ γεύσει τῷ χερσαίῳ ζῴῳ, διὸ καὶ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ ἔτυχε, καὶ ἡ βατὶσ δὲ εὔστομοσ, ἡ δὲ ἀστερία βατὶσ ἁπαλωτέρα καὶ εὔχυλοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 53 1:5)
  • ἔχειν δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτὸ τοιαύτην ἀναπνοὴν ὥστε πάντα τὸν ἐντυχόντα τῷ ζῴῳ διαφθείρειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 646)
  • τοῦ δ’ οὕτωσ συμφωνήσαντοσ ἐνεβίβασέν τε τὸν ἵππον καὶ ὑποστορέσαι τῷ ζῴῳ ἐκέλευσεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 19 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. animal

  2. form

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