ζωός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δωός (dōós) – Cretan
- ζοός (zoós), ζόος (zóos), ζώς (zṓs), ζῶς (zôs)
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os, from *gʷeyh₃-, whence also βίος (bíos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zɔː.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zoˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zoˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zoˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zoˈos/
Adjective
ζωός • (zōós) m (feminine ζωή, neuter ζωόν); first/second declension
- alive, living
- Synonym: ἔμπνοος (émpnoos)
Declension
First and second declension of ζωός; ζωή; ζωόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ζωός zōós | ζωή zōḗ | ζωόν zōón | ζωώ zōṓ | ζωᾱ́ zōā́ | ζωώ zōṓ | ζωοί zōoí | ζωαί zōaí | ζωᾰ́ zōá | |||||
Genitive | ζωοῦ zōoû | ζωῆς zōês | ζωοῦ zōoû | ζωοῖν zōoîn | ζωαῖν zōaîn | ζωοῖν zōoîn | ζωῶν zōôn | ζωῶν zōôn | ζωῶν zōôn | |||||
Dative | ζωῷ zōôi | ζωῇ zōêi | ζωῷ zōôi | ζωοῖν zōoîn | ζωαῖν zōaîn | ζωοῖν zōoîn | ζωοῖς zōoîs | ζωαῖς zōaîs | ζωοῖς zōoîs | |||||
Accusative | ζωόν zōón | ζωήν zōḗn | ζωόν zōón | ζωώ zōṓ | ζωᾱ́ zōā́ | ζωώ zōṓ | ζωούς zōoús | ζωᾱ́ς zōā́s | ζωᾰ́ zōá | |||||
Vocative | ζωέ zōé | ζωή zōḗ | ζωόν zōón | ζωώ zōṓ | ζωᾱ́ zōā́ | ζωώ zōṓ | ζωοί zōoí | ζωαί zōaí | ζωᾰ́ zōá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ζωῶς zōôs | ζωότερος zōóteros | ζωότᾰτος zōótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ζῶ (zô)
- ζωγράφος (zōgráphos)
Further reading
- “ζωός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ζωός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ζωός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press