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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

  • ἀλεκτρυὼν δ’ ἀλεκτρυόνοσ ἐπιβαίνων, θηλείασ μὴ παρούσησ, καταπίμπραται ζωόσ, μάντεώσ τινοσ ἢ τερατοσκόπου μέγα καὶ δεινὸν ἀποφαίνοντοσ εἶναι τὸ γιγνόμενον. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 7 15:2)
  • ἀνδράσι μὲν θηητὸσ ἰδεῖν, ἐρατὸσ δὲ γυναιξὶν ζωὸσ ἐών, καλὸσ δ’ ἐν προμάχοισι πεσών. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 144:11)
  • οὐδ’ Ὀδυσεὺσ ἑκατόν τε καὶ εἴκοσι μῆνασ ἀλαθεὶσ πάντασ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπουσ, Αἴδαν τ’ εἰσ ἔσχατον ἐλθὼν ζωόσ, καὶ σπήλυγγα φυγὼν ὀλοοῖο Κύκλωποσ, δηναιὸν κλέοσ ἔσχεν, ἐσιγάθη δ’ ἂν ὑφορβὸσ Εὔμαιοσ, καὶ βουσὶ Φιλοίτιοσ ἀμφ’ ἀγελαίαισ ἔργον ἔχων, αὐτόσ τε περίσπλαγχνοσ Λαέρτησ, εἰ μή σφεασ ὤνασαν Ἰάονοσ ἀνδρὸσ ἀοιδαί. (Theocritus, Idylls, 24)
  • εἰ γὰρ ζωὸσ ἐὼν πέσεσ ἐν πελάγεσσι θαλάσσησ, πῶσ ἐθέλεισ πτῆναι χάλκεον εἶδοσ ἔχων; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1083)
  • ἀνδράσι μὲν θηητὸσ ἰδεῖν, ἐρατὸσ δὲ γυναιξίν, ζωὸσ ἐών, καλὸσ δ’ ἐν προμάχοισι πεσών. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 136)
  • πάντωσ γὰρ εἶναι ψιλὴν αὐτὴν παρηκολούθηκεν, οἱο͂ν νεὤσ, λεὤσ, Τυνδάρεὠσ, Μενέλεὠσ, λειπόνεὠσ, εὔνεὠσ, Νείλεὠσ, πρᾶὀσ, υἱὄσ, Κεῖὀσ, Χῖὀσ, δῖὀσ, χρεῖὀσ, πλεῖὀσ, λεῖὀσ, λαιὄσ, βαιὄσ, φαιὄσ, πηὄσ, γόὀσ, θοὄσ, ῥόὀσ, ζωὄσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 57 1:1)

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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