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): /zdɔː.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
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 zōắ | |||||
| Genitive | ζωοῦ zōoû |
ζωῆς zōês |
ζωοῦ zōoû |
ζωοῖν zōoîn |
ζωαῖν zōaîn |
ζωοῖν zōoîn |
ζωῶν zōôn |
ζωῶν zōôn |
ζωῶν zōôn | |||||
| Dative | ζωῷ zōōî |
ζωῇ zōēî |
ζωῷ zōōî |
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 zōắ | |||||
| Vocative | ζωέ zōé |
ζωή zōḗ |
ζωόν zōón |
ζωώ zōṓ |
ζωᾱ́ zōā́ |
ζωώ zōṓ |
ζωοί zōoí |
ζωαί zōaí |
ζωᾰ́ zōắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ζωῶς zōôs |
ζωότερος zōóteros |
ζωότᾰτος zōótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
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