βίος

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“‘to live’”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti), Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō and Old Armenian կեամ (keam).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Classical): IPA: [bíos]
  • (Koine): IPA: [bˈio̞s]
  • (Byzantine): IPA: [βˈios]

[edit] Noun

βίος (genitive βίου) m, second declension; (bios)

  1. life (often with a positive connotation: the good life)

[edit] Inflection

    Second declension of βίος, βίου
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βίος τώ βίω οἱ βίοι
Genitive τοῦ βίου τοῖν βίοιν τῶν βίων
Dative τῷ βίῳ τοῖν βίοιν τοῖς βίοις
Accusative τόν βίον τώ βίω τούς βίους
Vocative βίε βίω βίοι

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[edit] References

Strong’s concordance number: G979

[edit] Greek

[edit] Noun

βίος (víos) m.

  1. life (duration)


This Greek entry was created from the translations listed at life. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see βίος in the Greek Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) October 2009

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