ζωή
See also: Ζωή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zoˈe/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zoˈi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zoˈi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zoˈi/
Noun
ζωή • (zōḗ) f (genitive ζωῆς); first declension
Inflection
| 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 têi zōêi |
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. | ||||||||||||
Related terms
- ζῷον (zôion)
Descendants
- Greek: ζωή (zoḯ)
See also
- βίος (bíos)
Further reading
- ζωή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ζωή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ζωή in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ζωή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ζωή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G2222 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zoˈi]
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
ζωή • (zoḯ) f (plural ζωές)
Declension
Synonyms
- (life, lifetime): βίος m (víos)
Related terms
- see: ζω (zo, “to live”)
- εφ' όρου ζωής (ef' órou zoḯs)
- ζωή και κότα f (zoḯ kai kóta, “good life, carefree life”)
- ζωή σε λόγου σας (zoḯ se lógou sas)
- σκυλίσια ζωή f (skylísia zoḯ, “dog's life”)
- φιλί της ζωής (filí tis zoḯs, “kiss of life”)
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