βίος

See also βιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic жити (žiti), Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō, Old Armenian կեամ (keam). Cf. *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), whence Latin vīvus, Old Church Slavonic живъ, Old English cwic (> English quick).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /bí.os/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /bíos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /βíos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /víos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /víos/

Noun

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

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

Inflection

Second declension of βίος, βίου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βίος	τὼ βίω	οἱ βίοι
Genitive	τοῦ βίου	τοῖν βίοιν	τῶν βίων
Dative	τῷ βίῳ	τοῖν βίοιν	τοῖς βίοις
Accusative	τὸν βίον	τὼ βίω	τοὺς βίους
Vocative	βίε	βίω	βίοι

Descendants

• English: abiogenesis, bio-, biology
• Greek: βίος

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G979

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βίος

Noun

βίος (víos) m,   plural βίοι

1. life
2. lifespan
3. quality of life
4. biography, life story

Declension

declension of βίος

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	βίος	βίοι
genitive (γενική)	βίου	βίων
accusative (αιτιατική)	βίο	βίους
vocative (κλητική)	βίε	βίοι

Synonyms

• (life): ζωή n (zoí)

External links

• Βίος on the Greek Wikipedia.el.Wikipedia