ζωή

See also: Ζωή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ζόα (zóa), ζωά (zōá) — Doric
  • ζόη (zóē) — Ionic
  • ζοΐα (zoḯa) — Aeolic

Etymology

From ζῶ (zô, “to live”) +‎ -η (-ē).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζωή • (zōḗ) f (genitive ζωῆς); first declension

  1. a living, property
  2. life

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ζωή; τῆς ζωῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ζωή
hē zōḗ 		τὼ ζωᾱ́
tṑ zōā́ 		αἱ ζωαί
hai zōaí
Genitive τῆς ζωῆς
tês zōês 		τοῖν ζωαῖν
toîn zōaîn 		τῶν ζωῶν
tôn zōôn
Dative τῇ ζωῇ
tēî zōēî 		τοῖν ζωαῖν
toîn zōaîn 		ταῖς ζωαῖς
taîs zōaîs
Accusative τὴν ζωήν
tḕn zōḗn 		τὼ ζωᾱ́
tṑ zōā́ 		τᾱ̀ς ζωᾱ́ς
tā̀s zōā́s
Vocative ζωή
zōḗ 		ζωᾱ́
zōā́ 		ζωαί
zōaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: ζωή (zoḯ)

See also

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώω (> DER > ζωή)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zoˈi/
  • Hyphenation: ζω‧ή

Noun

ζωή • (zoḯ) f (plural ζωές)

  1. life
  2. lifetime

Declension

Declension of ζωή
singular plural
nominative ζωή (zoḯ) ζωές (zoés)
genitive ζωής (zoḯs) ζωών (zoón)
accusative ζωή (zoḯ) ζωές (zoés)
vocative ζωή (zoḯ) ζωές (zoés)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • αζωικός (azoïkós, “azoic, without life”) (geology)
  • άζωος (ázoos, “without life”)
  • άζωτο n (ázoto, “nitrogen”)
  • αναζωογονώ (anazoogonó, “renew, revive”) (and derivatives)
  • ανθρωποζωικός (anthropozoïkós, “Anthropozoic”) (geology)
  • αρτίζωος (artízoos, “with short life”) (medicine)
  • ζείδωρος (zeídoros, “renewing, reviving”, adjective)
  • ζω (zo, “live, exist”)
  • ζωγραφίζω (zografízo, “I paint”) (and derivatives)
  • ζώδιο n (zódio, “astrological sign”)
  • ζωηράδα f (zoïráda, “liveliness”)
  • ζωηρεύω (zoïrévo, “become livelier”)
  • ζωηρός (zoïrós, “lively”) (and derivatives)
  • ζωικός (zoïkós, “of the animals”) (and derivatives)
  • ζων (zon, “living”, participle masculine, neuter), feminine: ζώσα (zósa) (formal)
  • ζωντάνεμα n (zontánema, “reviving”)
  • ζωντανεύω (zontanévo, “come/bring to life”)
  • ζωντάνια f (zontánia, “being lively”)
  • ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
  • ζωντανός (zontanós, “alive”)
  • ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, “animal, figuratively: derogatory”) (colloquial)
  • ζωντοχήρος m (zontochíros, “divorced man”), feminine: ζωντοχήρα (zontochíra) (informal)
  • ζώο n (zóo, “animal”) (and derivatives)
  • ζωο- (zoo-)
  • ζώπυρο n (zópyro)
  • ζωτικός (zotikós, “vital”)
  • λιγόζωος (ligózoos, “with short life”), ολιγόζωος (“with short life”)
  • ξαναζωντανεύω (xanazontanévo, “come/bring to life again”)
  • ολοζώντανος (olozóntanos, “very much alive”)
  • υλοζωισμός m (ylozoïsmós, “hylozoism”) (philosophy)
  • φυτοζωώ (fytozoó, “doing without”)
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