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|Full diacritics=ζωή 
|Medium diacritics=ζωή
|Low diacritics=ζωή
|Capitals=ΖΩΗ
|Transliteration A=zōḗ
|Transliteration B=zōē
|Transliteration C=zoi
|Beta Code=zwh/
|Definition=( ζωιή (prob. an error) <span class="title">SIG</span>577.34 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.)), Dor. ζωά: Ion. and poet. ζόη, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.10.4</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>556</span>, etc. (v. infr.), cf. <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).86 (Hyampolis), Dor. ζόα: Aeol. ζοΐα <span class="bibl">Theoc. 29.5</span>: ἡ:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">living</b>, i.e. one's <b class="b2">substance, property</b>, ἦ γάρ οἱ ζ. γ' ἦν ἄσπετος <span class="bibl">Od.14.96</span>; <b class="b3">τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο</b> ib.<span class="bibl">208</span>; κατὰ ζωὴν φαγέειν <span class="bibl">16.429</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν ζόην ποιέεσθαι</b> or <b class="b3">καταστήσασθαι ἀπὸ</b> or <b class="b3">ἐκ . .</b> to get one's <b class="b2">living</b> by... <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.105</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>608b21</span>; ἐξ ἁλός <span class="bibl">Theoc.<span class="title">Beren.</span> 2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., <b class="b2">life, existence</b>, opp. death, <span class="bibl">Tyrt.15.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.36</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">9.29</span>; οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλγος οἷον ἡ πολλὴ ζόη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>556</span>; <b class="b3">ζόας</b> (<b class="b3">ζωᾶς</b> codd.) βιοτά <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>664</span> (lyr.); τοῦ βίου ζωή <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Ti.</span>44c</span>; ὁ τῆς ζ. χρόνος <span class="title">SIG</span>1210 (Calymna), etc.: as a term of affection, <b class="b3">ζωή</b> <b class="b2">mylife</b>! Juv.6.195: pl., ζόαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>99.13</span>; ζωαί <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ps.</span>62(63).3(4)</span>; <b class="b3">μετὰ τὴν μίαν ζ. πολλαὶ ζ</b>. <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>100</span>; αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς ζ. καὶ δυνάμεις <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">way of life</b>, ζόην ἔζωον τὴν αὐτήν <span class="bibl">Hdt. 4.112</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">114</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ζωή</b>,= γραῦς <span class="bibl">11</span>, <b class="b2">the scum on milk</b>, <span class="bibl">Eust.906.52</span>; <b class="b3">ζόη· τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος</b>, Hsch. [The form <b class="b3">ζόη</b> (paroxyt.) is required by the metre in trimeters in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>556</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1108</span>, and in lyrics <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>592</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>976</span>, al., <b class="b3">ζωή</b> never: <b class="b3">ζόη</b> in other Poets, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>114</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.<span class="title">Ep.</span>18.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.10.4</span>.] (For the root, cf. [[ζῶ]]: fancifully connected with <b class="b3">ζέω</b> and <b class="b3">ζητέω</b>, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>81</span>: in signf. <span class="bibl">11</span> <b class="b3">ζόη</b> prob. fr. <b class="b3">ζέω</b>.)</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1142.png Seite 1142]] ἡ, ion. u. p. ζόη, auch [[ζοΐα]], Theocr. 29, 5 ([[ζάω]]), Lebensunterhalt, Hab u. Gut, wie [[βίοτος]], Od. 14, 96. 208. 16, 429; ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ζόην ἔκ τινος, Her. 8, 105. – Das Leben (vgl. [[βίος]]), im Ggstz des Todes, πεῖραν θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς Pind. N. 9, 29, vgl. 8, 36 I. 4, 13; περὶ ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου λέγειν Plat. Phaed. 71 d; Folgde; ἐν δὲ γαίᾳ ζωὰ φονορύτῳ μέμικται Aesch. Spt. 921; vgl. Ellendt lex. Soph.
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|lstext='''ζωή''': Δωρ. ζωά. Ἰων. καὶ ποιητ. ζόη, Δωρ. ζόα, Αἰολ. ζοΐα, Θεόκρ. 29. 5˙ ἡ, (ζάω) :-τὸ ζῆν, δηλ. τὰ ὑπάρχοντά τινος, ἡ [[περιουσία]] του, ὡς τὸ [[βίος]], [[βίοτος]], ἦ γὰρ οἱ ζωή γ’ ἦν ἄσπετος Ὀδ. Ξ. 96˙ τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο Ξ. 208˙ κατὰ ζωὴν [[φαγέειν]] Π. 429˙ τὴν ζόην ποιεῖσθαι ἢ καθίστασθαι ἀπὸ ἢ ἐκ... πορίζεσθαι τὰ πρὸς τὸ ζῆν ἐκ..., Ἡρόδ. 8. 105, πρβλ. 106˙ ἐξ ἁλὸς Θεόκρ. Βερεν. 2, πρβλ. Ἀριστ. Ι. Ζ. 9. 1. 2) μεθ’ Ὅμηρ., ζωή, [[ὕπαρξις]], ἀντίθ. [[θάνατος]], Τυρταῖ. 12. 5, Πίνδ. Ν. 8. 61, Τραγ., Πλάτ., κτλ.˙ θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς Πίνδ. Ν. 9. 68˙ ἡ πολλὴ ζόη Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 500˙ ζόας βιοτὰ Εὐρ. Ἡρ. Μαιν. 664˙ τοῦ βίου ζωὴ Πλάτ. Τιμ. 44C - ὡς ὅρος δηλῶν ἀγάπην, ζωή, [[ψυχή]] μου ! Juven. 6. 195˙ - πληθ., ζωαί, Ἑβδ. (Ψαλμ. ξβ΄, 3). 3) [[τρόπος]] ζωῆς, ζόην ἔζωον τὴν αὐτὴν Ἡρόδ. 4. 112. ΙΙ. ζωή, = [[γραῦς]], ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ γάλακτος [[ἀφρός]], Εὐστ. 906. 52˙ ζόη παρ’ Ἡσύχ. (Τὸν τύπον ζόη (παροξύτ.) ἀπαιτεῖ τὸ [[μέτρον]] ἐν Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 500, 519, Εὐρ. Ἑκ. 1108, Μηδ. 983, Ἱππ. 816, Τρῳ. 254, Ἠλ. 121, Ι. Τ. 847˙ ἐνῷ [[οὐδαμοῦ]] τῶν Τραγ. ἀπαιτεῖται ὁ [[τύπος]] ζωὴ (πλὴν [[ἴσως]] ἐν Ἡρ. Μαιν. 660), [[ὁπόθεν]] ὁ Ἐλμσλ. Μηδ. 946 προύτεινε νὰ διορθωθῇ ἁπανταχοῦ ζόη παρὰ τοῖς Τραγ.˙ -[[ὡσαύτως]] παρ’ ἑτέροις ποιηταῖς, Καλλ. Ἀποσπ. 114, Θεοκρ. Ἐπ. 17. 9, Ἡρῴδ. παρὰ Στοβ. τ. 116. 22).
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|btext=ῆς (ἡ) :<br /><b>1</b> vie;<br /><b>2</b> genre de vie;<br /><b>3</b> moyens de vivre, ressources : τὴν ζόην <i>(ion.)</i> ποιεῖσθαι ἔκ τινος HDT se créer avec qch les moyens de vivre.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ζάω]].
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