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|Full diacritics=ζῷον
|Medium diacritics=ζῷον
|Low diacritics=ζώον
|Capitals=ΖΩΟΝ
|Transliteration A=zō̂ion
|Transliteration B=zōon
|Transliteration C=zoon
|Beta Code=zw=&#124;on
|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">living being, animal</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.10</span> (of bees), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>551</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span> 443</span>, etc.; πᾶν ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν ζῷον ἂν λέγοιτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>77b</span>; <b class="b3">ζῷα</b>, opp. <b class="b3">φυτά</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>70d</span>, <span class="bibl">110e</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ζ. θαλάττιον, χερσαῖον</b>, Phld. <span class="title">Rh.</span>1.98S.; contemptuously, <b class="b3">ὅπως ἡ χώρα τοῦ τοιούτου ζῴου καθαρὰ γίγνηται</b> may be free from this kind of <b class="b2">animal</b> (i.e. beggars), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 936c</span>; <b class="b3">ζ. πονηρόν</b>, of women, <span class="bibl">Secund.<span class="title">Sent.</span>8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in art, <b class="b2">figure, image</b>, not necessarily of animals (cf. [[ζῴδιον]]), ζῷον δέ οἱ ἐνῆν, ἀνὴρ ἱππεύς <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.88</span>: mostly in pl., ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν <span class="bibl">Id.1.203</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.4</span>,<span class="bibl">124</span>,<span class="bibl">148</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>515a</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου</b> to have <b class="b2">pictures</b> of the bridging of the Bosporus painted, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.88</span>; cf. [[ζωγραφέω]]: ζῷα ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">sign</b> of the Zodiac, <span class="bibl">Man.2.166</span>.—The word is post-Hom., no generic word used for <b class="b2">animal</b> being found till after the middle of the fifth cent. B.C. (ζώϊον <span class="bibl">Semon.13</span>, whence Att. <b class="b3">ζῷον</b> by contraction: ι is found in <span class="title">IG</span>12.372.42, al.,11(2).161<span class="title">B</span>76 (Delos, iii B.C.), Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.166S., and in codd. opt. in the Noun; the Adj. <b class="b3">ζωός</b> (q.v.) had no ι: for the compds. (exc. <b class="b3">ζωγλύφος, ζωγράφος</b>) decisive evidence is lacking: <b class="b3">ζῳάγρια</b> with ι was read by Aristarch. in <span class="bibl">Il.18.407</span>.)</span>
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|lstext='''ζῷον''': τό, ζῶν [[πλάσμα]], μετέχον ζωῆς, Λατ. animal (ἀντὶ animale), Ἡρόδ. 5. 10 (ἐπὶ μελισσῶν), Ἀριστοφ. Σφ. 551, Πλ. 443, κτλ.· πᾶν ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν [[ζῷον]] ἂν λέγοιτο Πλάτ. Τιμ. 77Β· ζῷα, ἀντίθ. φυτά, ὁ αὐτ. Φαίδωνι 70D, 110Ε, κτλ.· ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων καὶ κτηνῶν, κατ’ ἀντίθ. πρὸς τὰ ἑρπετά, ζῴοισιν ἑρπόντεσσί θ· Πίνδ. Ο. 7. 95· περιφρονητικῶς, [[ὅπως]] ἡ [[χώρα]] τοῦ τοιούτου ζῴου καθαρὰ γίγνηται, ἐλευθερωθῇ ἀπὸ τοιούτου εἴδους ζῴου (δηλ. ἀπὸ ἐπαιτῶν), Πλάτ. Νόμ. 936C. ΙΙ. [[ζωγραφία]], [[γλυφή]], [[εἰκών]], [[ὁμοίωμα]] οὐχὶ ἀναγκαίως ζῴου, ἀκριβῶς ὡς τὸ [[τύπος]] (πρβλ. [[ζῴδιον]]), [[ζῷον]] δὲ οἱ ἐνῆν, ἀνὴρ ἱππεὺς Ἡρόδ. 3. 88· ἀλλὰ συνήθ. κατὰ πληθ., ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν [[αὐτόθι]] 203, πρβλ. 2. 4, 124, 148, Πλάτ. Πολ. 515Α, κτλ.· ζῷα γράφεσθαι, ἀντὶ τοῦ ζωγραφεῖν, [[μετὰ]] β΄ αἰτιατ. τοῦ ζωγραφουμένου πράγματος, ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου, νὰ ζωγραφήσῃ τὴν διάβασιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου, Ἡρόδ. 4. 88· πρβλ. [[ζῴδιον]], [[ζωγράφος]], ζωογλύφος. - Ἡ [[λέξις]] [[εἶναι]] τῶν μεθ’ Ὅμηρον χρόνων· οὐδεμία δὲ [[λέξις]] ἐκφράζουσα τὸ γένος [[ζῷον]] εὑρίσκεται [[μέχρι]] τῆς 5ης ἑκατονταετηρ. π.Χ. (Ἐν Ἐπιγρ. καὶ τοῖς ἀρίστοις τῶν χ/φων φέρεται [[ζῷον]], ὡς συνηρ. ἐκ τοῦ ζώϊον, [[ὅπερ]] μετεχειρίσθη ὁ Σιμωνίδ., πρβλ. Ε. Μ. 413. 17. Ἀλλ’ ἐν τῷ ἐπιθ. ζωὸς καὶ τοῖς ἐξ [[αὐτοῦ]] συνθέτοις δὲν ὑπάρχει τὸ ι, ἴδε Δινδ. Στεφ. Θησ.).
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