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

  • αἴθ’ ἐπ’ ἐμεῦ ζωοῖσ ἐναρίθμιοσ ὤφελεσ εἶμεν, ὥσ τοι ἐγὼν ἐνόμευον ἀν’ ὤρεα τὰσ καλὰσ αἶγασ φωνᾶσ εἰσαϊών, τὺ δ’ ὑπὸ δρυσὶν ἢ ὑπὸ πεύκαισ ἁδὺ μελισδόμενοσ κατεκέκλισο θεῖε Κομάτα. (Theocritus, Idylls, 40)
  • ὦ τλῆμον Κυνέγειρε, καὶ ἐν ζωοῖσ καὶ ἀπελθὼν, ὡσ αἰεὶ κόπτᾐ ῥήμασι καὶ κοπίσιν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3351)
  • μὴ εἴπῃσ θάνατον βιοτῆσ ὁρ́ον εἰσὶ καμοῦσιν, ὡσ ζωοῖσ, ἀρχαὶ συμφορέων ἕτεραι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 811)
  • αὐτάρ ἔγωγε καὶ ζωοῖσ ἔσομαι καὶ φθιμένοισι βαρύσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 288 1:2)
  • πάνθ’ ὅσα κἠν ζωοῖσ ἐπεπάμεθα, ταῦτα παρ’ ᾍδαν ἔρχομ’ ἔχων λείπω δ’ οὐδὲν ὑπ’ ἠελίῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 67 1:2)
  • καὶ γὰρ τῶν πλάνησ ὁδῶν μακρότερον ἐπλανήθησαν, θεοὺσ ὑπολαμβάνοντεσ τὰ καὶ ἐν ζῴοισ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἄτιμα, νηπίων δίκην ἀφρόνων ψευσθέντεσ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 12:24)
  • καὶ μὴν οὐδὲν ἄτοπον, ἔφη, τοῦτο, εἰ μέλλω καὶ ἀποθανὼν ζῴοισ τισὶ χρήσιμοσ ἔσεσθαι. (Lucian, (no name) 66:6)
  • ἐν μὲν οὖν τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ζῴοισ ἀλόγωσ τοῦτο ὑπάρχει, καὶ ἐφ’ ὅσον μετέχουσι τῆσ φύσεωσ, ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον, καὶ τεκνοποιίασ μόνον χάριν· (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 15:1)
  • ἐπεὶ τά γε ἄλλα παρὰ πολὺ αὐτῆσ ἀλλ̓ οὐδέν, ὦ φίλη Ἀδράστεια, φημί, ζώοισ μόνον. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:11)
  • Εὖ γε, ὦ Θούκριτε, ζώοισ ἐπὶ μήκιστον πλουτῶν ἅμα καὶ τῶν τοιούτων καταγελῶν, μηδὲ πρότερόν γε σὺ ἀποθάνοισ ἢ προπέμψασ πάντασ τοὺσ κόλακασ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 13:1)

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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