ζωή

See also: Ζωή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ζόα (zóa), ζωά (zōá) — Doric
• ζόη (zóē) — Ionic
• ζοΐα (zoḯa) — Aeolic

Etymology

From ζῶ (zô, “to live”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/ → /zoˈi/ → /zoˈi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zoˈe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zoˈi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zoˈi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zoˈi/

Noun

ζωή • (zōḗ) f (genitive ζωῆς); first declension

1. a living, property
2. life

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ζωή; τῆς ζωῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ζωή hē zōḗ	τὼ ζωᾱ́ tṑ zōā́	αἱ ζωαί hai zōaí
Genitive	τῆς ζωῆς tês zōês	τοῖν ζωαῖν toîn zōaîn	τῶν ζωῶν tôn zōôn
Dative	τῇ ζωῇ tēî zōēî	τοῖν ζωαῖν toîn zōaîn	ταῖς ζωαῖς taîs zōaîs
Accusative	τὴν ζωήν tḕn zōḗn	τὼ ζωᾱ́ tṑ zōā́	τᾱ̀ς ζωᾱ́ς tā̀s zōā́s
Vocative	ζωή zōḗ	ζωᾱ́ zōā́	ζωαί zōaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ζῷον (zōîon)

Descendants

• Greek: ζωή (zoḯ)

See also

• βίος (bíos)

Further reading

• “ζωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ζωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ζωή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ζωή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ζωή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G2222 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • existence idem, page 292.
  • life idem, page 489.

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoˈi/
• Hyphenation: ζω‧ή

Noun

ζωή • (zoḯ) f (plural ζωές)

1. life
2. lifetime

Declension

Declension of ζωή

	singular	plural
nominative	ζωή (zoḯ)	ζωές (zoés)
genitive	ζωής (zoḯs)	ζωών (zoón)
accusative	ζωή (zoḯ)	ζωές (zoés)
vocative	ζωή (zoḯ)	ζωές (zoés)

Synonyms

• (life, lifetime): βίος m (víos)

Antonyms

• θάνατος m (thánatos, “death”)

Derived terms

• see: ζω (zo, “to live”)
• εφ’ όρου ζωής (ef’ órou zoḯs, “for life”)
• ζωή και κότα f (zoḯ kai kóta, “good life, carefree life”)
• ζωή σε λόγου σας (zoḯ se lógou sas, “literally: life to you; (my) condolences”) (colloquial)
• σκυλίσια ζωή f (skylísia zoḯ, “dog's life”)
• φιλί της ζωής (filí tis zoḯs, “kiss of life”)

Related terms

• see ζωο- (zoo-) and

• αζωικός (azoïkós, “azoic, without life”) (geology)
• άζωος (ázoos, “without life”)
• άζωτο n (ázoto, “nitrogen”)
• αναζωογονώ (anazoogonó, “renew, revive”) (and derivatives)
• ανθρωποζωικός (anthropozoïkós, “Anthropozoic”) (geology)
• αρτίζωος (artízoos, “with short life”) (medicine)
• ζείδωρος (zeídoros, “renewing, reviving”, adjective)
• ζω (zo, “live, exist”)
• ζωγραφίζω (zografízo, “I paint”) (and derivatives)
• ζώδιο n (zódio, “astrological sign”)
• ζωηράδα f (zoïráda, “liveliness”)
• ζωηρεύω (zoïrévo, “become livelier”)
• ζωηρός (zoïrós, “lively”) (and derivatives)
• ζωικός (zoïkós, “of the animals”) (and derivatives)
• ζων (zon, “living”, participle masculine, neuter), feminine: ζώσα (zósa) (formal)
• ζωντάνεμα n (zontánema, “reviving”)
• ζωντανεύω (zontanévo, “come/bring to life”)
• ζωντάνια f (zontánia, “being lively”)
• ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
• ζωντανός (zontanós, “alive”)
• ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, “animal, figuratively: derogatory”) (colloquial)
• ζωντοχήρος m (zontochíros, “divorced man”), feminine: ζωντοχήρα (zontochíra) (informal)
• ζώο n (zóo, “animal”) (and derivatives)
• ζωο- (zoo-)
• ζώπυρο n (zópyro)
• ζωτικός (zotikós, “vital”)
• λιγόζωος (ligózoos, “with short life”), ολιγόζωος (“with short life”)
• ξαναζωντανεύω (xanazontanévo, “come/bring to life again”)
• ολοζώντανος (olozóntanos, “very much alive”)
• υλοζωισμός m (ylozoïsmós, “hylozoism”) (philosophy)
• φυτοζωώ (fytozoó, “doing without”)