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ζωός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ζωός ζωή ζωόν

Structure: ζω (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

alive, living

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ζωός	ζωή	ζωόν
	Genitive	ζωοῦ	ζωῆς	ζωοῦ
	Dative	ζωῷ	ζωῇ	ζωῷ
	Accusative	ζωόν	ζωήν	ζωόν
	Vocative	ζωέ	ζωή	ζωόν
Dual	N/A/V	ζωώ	ζωᾱ́	ζωώ
Dual	G/D	ζωοῖν	ζωαῖν	ζωοῖν
Plural	Nominative	ζωοί	ζωαί	ζωά
	Genitive	ζωῶν	ζωῶν	ζωῶν
	Dative	ζωοῖς	ζωαῖς	ζωοῖς
	Accusative	ζωούς	ζωᾱ́ς	ζωά
	Vocative	ζωοί	ζωαί	ζωά

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

ἐν δὲ Προί̈ωξίσ τε Παλίωξίσ τε τέτυκτο, ἐν δ’ Ὅμαδόσ τε Φόβοσ τ’ Ἀνδροκτασίη τε δεδήει, ἐν δ’ Ἔρισ, ἐν δὲ Κυδοιμὸσ ἐθύνεον, ἐν δ’ ὀλοὴ Κὴρ ἄλλον ζωὸν ἔχουσα νεούτατον, ἄλλον ἀούτον, ἄλλον τεθνηῶτα κατὰ μόθον ἕλκε ποδοῖιν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 14:1)
"μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἔλεγον τοῦτον τὸν βασιλέα ζωὸν καταβῆναι κάτω εἰσ ὃν οἱ Ἕλληνεσ Αἵδην νομίζουσι κἀκεῖθι συγκυβεύειν τῇ Δήμητρι, καὶ τὰ μὲν νικᾶν αὐτήν, τὰ δὲ ἑσσοῦσθαι ὑπ’ αὐτῆσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 79 3:3)
καὶ σῶμα μὲν πάντων ἕπεται θανάτῳ περισθενεῖ, ζωὸν δ’ ἔτι λείπεται αἰῶνοσ εἴδωλον· (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 35 3:2)
ἐξαιρεθέντων, πολλάκισ ἐμπαθεστέραν καὶ κινητικωτέραν ἔχει δύναμιν ὡσ ὁ τοιοῦτοσ ἄλλον ζωὸν ἔχουσα νεούτατον, ἄλλον ἀούτον, ἄλλον τεθνειῶτα κατὰ μόθον ἕλκε ποδοῖιν· (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 10, section 4 1:1)
ἀλλ’ ἐπεὶ ἀιέ βάξιν ἀγειρομένων ἡρώων, νεῖον ἀπ’ Ἀρκαδίησ Λυρκήιον Ἄργοσ ἀμείψασ τὴν ὁδόν, ᾗ ζωὸν φέρε κάπριον, ὅσ ῥ’ ἐνὶ βήσσῃσ φέρβετο Λαμπείησ, Ἐρυμάνθιον ἂμ μέγα τῖφοσ, τὸν μὲν ἐνὶ πρώτῃσι Μυκηναίων ἀγορῇσιν δεσμοῖσ ἰλλόμενον μεγάλων ἀπεθήκατο νώτων· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 3:10)
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 ἐπΙ γῆσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iob 38:14)
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

alive
- ψυχήιος (alive, living)
- ἐμπνέω (to breathe, live, be alive)
- ἔμψυχος (having life in one, alive, living)
- ἔμφρων (alive)
- ζωοθετέω (to make alive)
- ζωοποιέω (to make alive)
- ζωγρία (a taking alive)
- ζάω (I live)
- σύνειμι (to live with)
- περιπατέω ( I live)
- περάω (to live)
- καταζάω (to live on)
- ἐνδημέω (to live in)
- δέρκομαι (I live)
- βιοτεύω (to live)
- ἀποζάω (to live off, to live off)
- ἐπίφαντος (in the light, alive)
- ζῳογονέω (to produce alive)

ὄνειαρ (anything that profits or helps)
νωλεμές (without pause)
πηός (a kinsman by marriage)
ὑπέροπλος (proudly trusting in force of arms)
ὀδύρομαι (to lament)
ἀκήριος (unharmed by the *kh=res)
δηθά (for a long time)
ὁμοίϊος ()
ἐναντίβιος (set against)
ἀπειρέσιος (boundless)
φύλοπις (the battle-cry)
ποθέω (to long for)
εὔκηλος (free from care)
μινυνθάδιος (shortlived)
φύζα (headlong flight)
οὐτιδανός (worthless)
αἰπύς (high and steep)
ἀφραδέω (to be senseless)
ὑπέρβιος (of overwhelming strength or might)
ῥίγιον (more frosty)
στεναχίζω (to sigh)
ἀρτίπους (sound of foot)
ἀσπαστός (welcome)
διαμπερές (through and through)
ἔχμα (that which holds)
ἐξερέω (I will speak out)
ἄμφαδος (discovered)
ἀμφαδόν (publicly)
νώνυμνος ()
πῶυ (flock of sheep)

Similar forms

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

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