βίος

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) and English quick.

Pronunciation

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

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	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

Descendants

• English: abiogenesis
• English: biology

References

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

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Greek

Noun

βίος (víos) m.,   plural βίοι

1. life (duration)