ζῶ
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contracted from ζώω (zṓō), from Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō, from *gʷyṓwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃woh₂. Doublet of βῐόω (bĭóō).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdɔ̂ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzo/
Verb
[edit]ζῶ • (zô)
- to live
Inflection
[edit] Present: ζῶ (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ζῶ | ζῇς | ζῇ | ζῆτον | ζῆτον | ζῶμεν | ζῆτε | ζῶσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ζῶ | ζῇς | ζῇ | ζῆτον | ζῆτον | ζῶμεν | ζῆτε | ζῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ζῴην, ζῷμῐ |
ζῴης, ζῷς |
ζῴη, ζῷ |
ζῷτον, ζῴητον |
ζῴτην, ζῳήτην |
ζῷμεν, ζῴημεν |
ζῷτε, ζῴητε |
ζῷεν, ζῴησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | ζῆ | ζήτω | ζῆτον | ζήτων | ζῆτε | ζώντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ζῆν | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ζῶν | |||||||||||
| f | ζῶσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ζῶν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἔζων (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ζήσω | ζήσεις | ζήσει | ζήσετον | ζήσετον | ζήσομεν | ζήσετε | ζήσουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | ζήσοιμῐ | ζήσοις | ζήσοι | ζήσοιτον | ζησοίτην | ζήσοιμεν | ζήσοιτε | ζήσοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | ζήσομαι | ζήσῃ, ζήσει |
ζήσεται | ζήσεσθον | ζήσεσθον | ζησόμεθᾰ | ζήσεσθε | ζήσονται | ||||
| optative | ζησοίμην | ζήσοιο | ζήσοιτο | ζήσοισθον | ζησοίσθην | ζησοίμεθᾰ | ζήσοισθε | ζήσοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ζήσειν | ζήσεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ζήσων | ζησόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | ζήσουσᾰ | ζησομένη | |||||||||||
| n | ζῆσον | ζησόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔζησᾰ | ἔζησᾰς | ἔζησε(ν) | ἐζήσᾰτον | ἐζησᾰ́την | ἐζήσᾰμεν | ἐζήσᾰτε | ἔζησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | ζήσω | ζήσῃς | ζήσῃ | ζήσητον | ζήσητον | ζήσωμεν | ζήσητε | ζήσωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ζήσαιμῐ | ζήσειᾰς, ζήσαις |
ζήσειε(ν), ζήσαι |
ζήσαιτον | ζησαίτην | ζήσαιμεν | ζήσαιτε | ζήσειᾰν, ζήσαιεν | |||||
| imperative | ζῆσον | ζησᾰ́τω | ζήσᾰτον | ζησᾰ́των | ζήσᾰτε | ζησᾰ́ντων | |||||||
| middle | indicative | ἐζησᾰ́μην | ἐζήσω | ἐζήσᾰτο | ἐζήσᾰσθον | ἐζησᾰ́σθην | ἐζησᾰ́μεθᾰ | ἐζήσᾰσθε | ἐζήσᾰντο | ||||
| subjunctive | ζήσωμαι | ζήσῃ | ζήσηται | ζήσησθον | ζήσησθον | ζησώμεθᾰ | ζήσησθε | ζήσωνται | |||||
| optative | ζησαίμην | ζήσαιο | ζήσαιτο | ζήσαισθον | ζησαίσθην | ζησαίμεθᾰ | ζήσαισθε | ζήσαιντο | |||||
| imperative | ζῆσαι | ζησᾰ́σθω | ζήσᾰσθον | ζησᾰ́σθων | ζήσᾰσθε | ζησᾰ́σθων | |||||||
| active | middle | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | ζῆσαι | ζήσᾰσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | ζήσᾱς | ζησᾰ́μενος | ||||||||||
| f | ζήσᾱσᾰ | ζησᾰμένη | |||||||||||
| n | ζῆσᾰν | ζησᾰ́μενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: ἔζηκᾰ
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔζηκᾰ | ἔζηκᾰς | ἔζηκε(ν) | ἐζήκᾰτον | ἐζήκᾰτον | ἐζήκᾰμεν | ἐζήκᾰτε | ἐζήκᾱσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | ἐζήκω | ἐζήκῃς | ἐζήκῃ | ἐζήκητον | ἐζήκητον | ἐζήκωμεν | ἐζήκητε | ἐζήκωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | ἐζήκοιμῐ, ἐζηκοίην |
ἐζήκοις, ἐζηκοίης |
ἐζήκοι, ἐζηκοίη |
ἐζήκοιτον | ἐζηκοίτην | ἐζήκοιμεν | ἐζήκοιτε | ἐζήκοιεν | |||||
| imperative | ἔζηκε | ἐζηκέτω | ἐζήκετον | ἐζηκέτων | ἐζήκετε | ἐζηκόντων | |||||||
| active | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | ἐζηκέναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | ἐζηκώς | |||||||||||
| f | ἐζηκυῖᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | ἐζηκός | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Synonyms
[edit]- βιόω (bióō)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ζώω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505
Further reading
[edit]- “ζῶ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζάω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ζώω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ζάω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2198 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse (1963)
- J.B Hofmann, Ετυμολογικόν Λεξικόν της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής (Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Griechischen)
- ζῶ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek doublets
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