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
 

Adjective

ζωός • (zōós) m (feminine ζωή, neuter ζωόν); first/second declension

  1. alive, living
    Synonym: ἔμπνοος (émpnoos)

Declension
First and second declension of ζωός; ζωή; ζωόν (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine Neuter MasculineFeminine 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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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
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