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, Old Armenian կեամ (keam) and English quick.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
βίος (genitive βίου) m, second declension; (bios)
- life (often with a positive connotation: the good life)
[edit] Inflection
[edit] Descendants
- English: abiogenesis
- English: biology
[edit] References
- LSJ
- Bauer lexicon
- Strong’s concordance number: G979
[edit] Greek
[edit] Noun
βίος (víos) m., plural βίοι
- life (duration)