Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ζώς

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Principal Part: ζώς

Etym.: = zwo/s, Il., Hdt.

Sense

Examples

  • ἦ τέ κε δηρὸν αὐτοῦ πήματ’ ἔπασχον ἐν αἰνῇσιν νεκάδεσσιν, ἤ κε ζὼσ ἀμενηνὸσ ἐά χαλκοῖο τυπῇσι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 90:12)
  • θανοῦσα δ’ ἢ ζῶσ’ ἐνθάδ’ ἐκπλήσω βίον; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 8:19)
  • μήποτε κατ’ Ἄργοσ ζῶσ’ ἴχνοσ θείην ποδόσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 5:28)
  • Ἡ ’ν Αὐλίδι σφαγεῖσ’ ἐπιστέλλει τάδε ζῶσ’ Ἰφιγένεια, τοῖσ ἐκεῖ δ’ οὐ ζῶσ’ ἔτι ‐ ποῦ δ’ ἔστ’ ἐκείνη; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 6:2)
  • ὁ γοῦν Ἐπίκουρόσ φησιν εἶναι τἀγαθὸν τὴν ἡδονὴν δήπουθεν οὐκ ἔστιν δ’ ἔχειν ταύτην ἑτέρωθεν, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ζῆν δὴ καλῶσ εὖ ζῶσ1’ ἅπαντεσ, ἢ τυχὸν δώσεισ ἐμοί; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 61 1:8)

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

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