Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ζωός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζωός ζωή ζωόν

Structure: ζω (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. alive, living

Declension

First/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

  • καί τε συναί̈γδην ὡσ εἰ ζωοί περ ἐόντεσ ἔγχεσιν ἠδ’ ἐλάτῃσ αὐτοσχεδὸν ὠριγνῶντο. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 18:4)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἔτι ζωοί γε φίλων ἀπάνευθεν ἑταίρωνβουλὰσ ἑζόμενοι βουλεύσομεν· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 1492)
  • ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ διώξει τοῖσ βαρβάροισ τῶν τε πεζῶν ἀπέθανον πολλοὶ καὶ τῶν ἱππέων ἐν τῇ χαράδρᾳ ζωοὶ ἐλήφθησαν εἰσ ὀκτωκαίδεκα. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 4 6:1)
  • ὡμίλευν δ’ ὥσ τε ζωοὶ βροτοὶ ἠδ’ ἐμάχοντο, νεκρούσ τ’ ἀλλήλων ἔρυον κατατεθνηῶτασ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 49:6)
  • οὐ μὲν γὰρ ζωοί γε φίλων ἀπάνευθεν ἑταίρων βουλὰσ ἑζόμενοι βουλεύσομεν, ἀλλ’ ἐμὲ μὲν κὴρ ἀμφέχανε στυγερή, ἥ περ λάχε γιγνόμενόν περ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 7:14)
  • Ζώοι σοι κεῖνόσ γε, καὶ ἐσ βαθὺ γῆρασ ἵκοιτο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 163 1:5)
  • αἴθε καλῶσ ζώοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 552 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. alive

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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