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.
- 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
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animal
- θηρίον (wild animal, beast, savage beast)
- κνώδαλον (any dangerous animal, a monster, beast)
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form