ζωώδης
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζῳώδης from ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zo.ˈo.ðis/
- Hyphenation: ζω‧ώ‧δης
Adjective
ζωώδης • (zoódis) m (feminine ζωώδης, neuter ζωώδες)
- like an animal, unlike a human being
- subhuman, animal, bestial, brutish
Declension
declension of ζωώδης
| number case / gender | singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | ζωώδης | ζωώδης | ζωώδες | ζωώδεις | ζωώδεις | ζωώδη |
| genitive | ζωώδους | ζωώδους | ζωώδους | ζωώδων | ζωώδων | ζωώδων |
| accusative | ζωώδη | ζωώδη | ζωώδες | ζωώδεις | ζωώδεις | ζωώδη |
| derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο ζωώδης, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο ζωώδης (o pio zoódis), etc.) | |||||
Synonyms
- κτηνώδης (ktinódis)
Related terms
- ζώο n (zóo, “animal”)
- ζωο- (zoo-)
- and see: ζωή f (zoḯ, “life”)
See also
- άγριος (ágrios, “undomesticated, uncultivated, wild”)
- θηριώδης (thiriódis, “violent, cruel”)
- θηλαστικός (thilastikós, “mammalian”)