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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

ὅσσα δ’ ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπουσ ἀήται μαρτύρια φθιμένων ζωῶν τε φωτῶν ἀπλέτου δόξασ, ἐπέψαυσαν κατὰ πᾶν τέλοσ· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 4 3:2)
ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ λέοντεσ καὶ ὅσα ἐντιμότερα τῶν ζωῶν σπανιώτερα τῶν ἄλλων ἐστὶ τῇ φύσει, οὕτω καὶ κατ’ ἀνθρώπουσ οὐδὲν οὕτω σπάνιον ὅσον ἄξιον προσειπεῖν ῥήτορα· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 106:3)
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)
φύσεισ ζῴων καὶ θυμοὺσ θηρίων, πνευμάτων βίασ καὶ διαλογισμοὺσ ἀνθρώπων, διαφορὰσ φυτῶν καὶ δυνάμεισ ριζῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:20)
ἀντὶ δὲ λογισμῶν ἀσυνέτων ἀδικίασ αὐτῶν, ἐν οἷσ πλανηθέντεσ ἐθρήσκευον ἄλογα ἑρπετὰ καὶ κνώδαλα εὐτελῆ, ἐπαπέστειλασ αὐτοῖσ πλῆθοσ ἀλόγων ζώων εἰσ ἐκδίκησιν, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 11:15)
Ταλαίπωροι δὲ καὶ ἐν νεκροῖσ αἱ ἐλπίδεσ αὐτῶν, οἵτινεσ ἐκάλεσαν θεοὺσ ἔργα χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων, χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον τέχνησ ἐμμελέτημα καὶ ἀπεικάσματα ζῴων ἢ λίθον ἄχρηστον χειρὸσ ἔργον ἀρχαίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:10)
οὐδ̓ ὅσον ἐπιποθῆσαι ὡσ ἐν ζῴων ὄψει καλὰ τυγχάνει, ἐκπέφευγε δὲ καὶ τὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἔπαινον καὶ τὴν εὐλογίαν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 15:19)

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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