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Ζωή
Ζωή
See also: ζωή
Ancient Greek
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /zoí/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /zoí/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zoí/
Proper noun
Ζωή • (Zōḗ) f (genitive Ζωῆς); first declension
Inflection
First declension of Ζωή, Ζωῆς
| Case / # | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ζωή |
| Genitive | Ζωῆς |
| Dative | Ζωῇ |
| Accusative | Ζωήν |
| Vocative | Ζωή |
Descendants
Greek
Proper noun
Ζωή • (Zoí) f
- A female given name, the Greek form of Zoë, Zoe
Declension
declension of Ζωή
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ζωή | Ζωές |
| genitive | Ζωής | Ζωών |
| accusative | Ζωή | Ζωές |
| vocative | Ζωή | Ζωές |
ζωή
ζωή
See also: Ζωή
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Noun
ζωή • (zōḗ) f (genitive ζωῆς); first declension
Inflection
First declension of ζωή, ζωῆς
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ζωή | τὼ ζωᾱ́ | αἱ ζωαί |
| Genitive | τῆς ζωῆς | τοῖν ζωαῖν | τῶν ζωῶν |
| Dative | τῇ ζωῇ | τοῖν ζωαῖν | ταῖς ζωαῖς |
| Accusative | τὴν ζωήν | τὼ ζωᾱ́ | τὰς ζωᾱ́ς |
| Vocative | ζωή | ζωᾱ́ | ζωαί |
Related terms
- ζῷον (zôion)
See also
- βίος (bíos)
Descendants
- Greek: ζωή (zoí)
References
- 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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zoˈi]
- Rhymes: -ί
Noun
ζωή • (zoí) f (plural ζωές)
Declension
declension of ζωή
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ζωή | ζωές |
| genitive | ζωής | ζωών |
| accusative | ζωή | ζωές |
| vocative | ζωή | ζωές |
Synonyms
- (life, lifetime): βίος m (víos)
Related terms
- see: ζω (zo, “to live”)
- εφ' όρου ζωής (ef' órou zoís)
- ζωή και κότα (zoí kai kóta)
- ζωή σε λόγου σας (zoí se lógou sas)
- σκυλίσια ζωή f (skylísia zoí, “dog's life”)
- φιλί της ζωής (filí tis zoís, “kiss of life”)