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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

  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὰ κήτη τὰ μεγάλα καὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ζῴων ἑρπετῶν, ἃ ἐξήγαγε τὰ ὕδατα κατὰ γένη αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶν πετεινὸν πτερωτὸν κατὰ γένοσ. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:21)
  • αὕτη ἡ θάλασσα ἡ μεγάλη καὶ εὐρύχωροσ, ἐκεῖ ἑρπετά, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμόσ, ζῷα μικρὰ μετὰ μεγάλων. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 103:25)
  • ἀνοίγεισ σὺ τὰσ χεῖράσ σου καὶ ἐμπιπλᾷσ πᾶν ζῷον εὐδοκίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 144:17)
  • ἦ σὺ λαβὼν γῆν πηλὸν ἔπλασασ ζῷον καὶ λαλητὸν αὐτὸν ἔθου ἐπ‘Ι γῆσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 38:14)
  • φύσεισ ζῴων καὶ θυμοὺσ θηρίων, πνευμάτων βίασ καὶ διαλογισμοὺσ ἀνθρώπων, διαφορὰσ φυτῶν καὶ δυνάμεισ ριζῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:20)
  • Πᾶν ζῷον ἀγαπᾷ τὸ ὅμοιον αὐτῷ καὶ πᾶσ ἄνθρωποσ τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 13:15)
  • Σὴμ καὶ Σὴθ ἐν ἀνθρώποισ ἐδοξάσθησαν καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ζῷον ἐν τῇ κτίσει Ἀδάμ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 49:16)
  • καὶ ᾖραν τὰ Χερουβίμ. τοῦτο τὸ ζῷον, ὃ εἶδον ἐπὶ τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Χοβάρ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 10:15)

Synonyms

  1. animal

  2. form

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