ζωή

See also Ζωή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζόα (Doric)
• ζόη (Ionic)
• ζοΐα (Aeolic)
• ζωά (Doric)

Etymology

From ζῶ "I live"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /zdɔ͜ɔ.ɛ͜ɛ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /zoːéː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /zoí/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /zoí/

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

Noun

ζωή (genitive ζωῆς) f, first declension; (zōē)

1. a living, property
2. life

Inflection

First declension of ζωή, ζωῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζωή	τὼ ζωά	αἱ ζωαί
Genitive	τῆς ζωῆς	τοῖν ζωαῖν	τῶν ζωῶν
Dative	τῇ ζωῇ	τοῖν ζωαῖν	ταῖς ζωαῖς
Accusative	τὴν ζωήν	τὼ ζωά	τὰς ζωάς
Vocative	ζωή	ζωά	ζωαί

Related terms

• ζῷον

See also

• βίος

Descendants

• Greek: ζωή

References

• ζωή in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2222

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōē).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [zoˈi]

Noun

ζωή (zoí) f,   plural ζωές

1. life
2. lifetime

Declension

declension of ζωή

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	ζωή	ζωές
genitive (γενική)	ζωής	ζωών
accusative (αιτιατική)	ζωή	ζωές
vocative (κλητική)	ζωή	ζωές

Synonyms

• (life, lifetime): βίος m (víos)