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|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῐ], ὁ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">life</b>, i. e. not animal life (ζωή), but <b class="b2">mode of life</b> (cf. εἰ χρόνον τις λέγοι ψυχῆς ἐν κινήσει μετα βατικῇ ἐξ ἄλλου εἰς ἄλλον βίον ζωὴν εἶναι <span class="bibl">Plot.3.7.11</span>), <b class="b2">manner of living</b> (mostly therefore of men, v. <span class="bibl">Ammon. p.32</span> V.; but also of animals, διεχώριζον ζῴων τε βίον δένδρων τε φύσιν <span class="bibl">Epicr.11.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.11.6</span>, etc.; also ζῆν φυτοῦ βίον <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">GA</span>736b13</span>); ζώεις δ' ἀγαθὸν βίον <span class="bibl">Od. 15.491</span>; ἐμὸν βίον ἀμφιπολεύειν <span class="bibl">18.254</span>; αἰῶνα βίοιο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>161</span>; τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>537</span> (lyr.); ὁ καθ' ἡμέραν β. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1364</span>; βίον διαγαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 439</span>; τελεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1114</span>; διατελεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.45</span>; <b class="b3">διέρχεσθαι βίου τέλος</b> dub.in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).5</span>; τελευτᾶν <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.84</span>; ὑπ' ἄλλου τελευτῆσαι β. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>870e</span>; ἐπειδὰν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου τελευτήσω <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.17</span>; τέρμα βίου περᾶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1530</span>; ὁδὸς βίου <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.21</span>; διὰ βίου <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1272a37</span>; prov., <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ Κρόνου βίος</b> 'the Golden Age', <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ath.</span>16.7</span>; so Ταρτησσοῦ β. <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Ecl.</span>10.11</span>; β. ζωῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span>982a</span> (cf. [[βιοτή]]) ; ζῆν θαλάττιον β. <span class="bibl">Antiph.100</span>; ἀμέριμνον ζῆν β. <span class="bibl">Philem.92.8</span>; λαγὼ β. ζῆν δεδιὼς καὶ τρέμων <span class="bibl">D.18.263</span>; σκληρὸς τῷ β. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Georg.</span>66</span>: rarely in pl., <span class="bibl">Alex.116.6</span> and <span class="bibl">11</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.855</span>; <b class="b3">τίνες καὶ πόσοι εἰσὶ β</b>.; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>733d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1095b15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1256a20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Poets sts. = [[ζωή]], βίον ἐκπνέων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1517</span> (lyr.); ἀποψύχειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1031</span>; φείδεσθαι βίου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>749</span>; <b class="b3">νοσφίζειν τινὰ βίου</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1427</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">lifetime</b>, ἐς τὸν ἅπαντα ἀνθρώπων β. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>; τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ σοῦ β. γεγονότων λόγων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 242a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMagd.</span>18.7</span> (iii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">livelihood, means of living</b> (in Hom. <b class="b3">βίοτος</b>), βίος ἐπηετανός <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>31</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.10</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν βίον κτᾶσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν ἀπό τινος</b>, to make one's <b class="b2">living</b> off, to <b class="b2">live</b> by a thing, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.106</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.5</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>6.11</span>; ἀπεστέρηκας τὸν βίον τὰ τόξ' ἑλών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>931</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">933</span>, <span class="bibl">1282</span>; κτᾶσθαι πλοῦτον καὶ βίον τέκνοις <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Supp.</span>450</span>; <b class="b3">πλείον' ἐκμοχθεῖν β</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">451</span>; <b class="b3">β. πολύς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">861</span>; ὀλίγος <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>751</span>; βίον κεκτημένος <span class="bibl">Philem.99.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ῐδιος β</b>. private <b class="b2">property</b>, <span class="title">AJA</span>17.29 (i B. C.), cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>762.40, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">VP</span>30.170</span>; <b class="b3">β. Δημήτριος</b>, = <b class="b2">corn</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>44</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">the world we live in</b>, 'the world', <b class="b3">οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β</b>., opp. <b class="b2">the philosophers</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>11.49</span>; simply ὁ βίος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>1.211</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ β. ὁ κοινός</b> ib. <span class="bibl">237</span>; μυθικὰς ὑποθέσεις ὧν μεστὸς ὁ β. ἐστί <span class="bibl">Ph.1.226</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκκαθαίρειν τὸν β</b>., of Hercules, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>13.1</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν βίον μιμούμενοι</b>, of comic poets, Sch. Heph.<span class="bibl">p.115C.</span>; also, 'the public', ἵνα ὁ β. εἰδῇ τίνα δεῖ μετακαλεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Sor.1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">settled life</b>, almost, = <b class="b2">abode</b>, ἐν τῇ Θρᾳκίᾳ νήσῳ βίους ἱδρύσαντο <span class="bibl">D.H.1.68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">72</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">a life, biography</b>, as those of <span class="bibl">Plu., <span class="title">Thes.</span>1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.2.180</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b2">caste</b>, διεῖλε τὸ πλῆθος εἰς τέτταρας β. <span class="bibl">Str.8.7.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> <b class="b2">wine made from partly dried unripe grapes</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>14.77</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VIII</span> Astrol., <b class="b2">the second region</b>, Paul.Al.<span class="title">L.</span>2. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">jīv´s</b> 'alive', <b class="b2">j[imacracute]vati</b> 'live', Lat. <b class="b2">uīvus</b>, etc.)</span>
|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῐ], ὁ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">life</b>, i. e. not animal life (ζωή), but <b class="b2">mode of life</b> (cf. εἰ χρόνον τις λέγοι ψυχῆς ἐν κινήσει μετα βατικῇ ἐξ ἄλλου εἰς ἄλλον βίον ζωὴν εἶναι <span class="bibl">Plot.3.7.11</span>), <b class="b2">manner of living</b> (mostly therefore of men, v. <span class="bibl">Ammon. p.32</span> V.; but also of animals, διεχώριζον ζῴων τε βίον δένδρων τε φύσιν <span class="bibl">Epicr.11.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.11.6</span>, etc.; also ζῆν φυτοῦ βίον <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">GA</span>736b13</span>); ζώεις δ' ἀγαθὸν βίον <span class="bibl">Od. 15.491</span>; ἐμὸν βίον ἀμφιπολεύειν <span class="bibl">18.254</span>; αἰῶνα βίοιο <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>161</span>; τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>537</span> (lyr.); ὁ καθ' ἡμέραν β. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1364</span>; βίον διαγαγεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 439</span>; τελεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1114</span>; διατελεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.45</span>; <b class="b3">διέρχεσθαι βίου τέλος</b> dub.in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).5</span>; τελευτᾶν <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.84</span>; ὑπ' ἄλλου τελευτῆσαι β. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>870e</span>; ἐπειδὰν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου τελευτήσω <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.7.17</span>; τέρμα βίου περᾶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1530</span>; ὁδὸς βίου <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.21</span>; διὰ βίου <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1272a37</span>; prov., <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ Κρόνου βίος</b> 'the Golden Age', <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ath.</span>16.7</span>; so Ταρτησσοῦ β. <span class="bibl">Him.<span class="title">Ecl.</span>10.11</span>; β. ζωῆς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span>982a</span> (cf. [[βιοτή]]) ; ζῆν θαλάττιον β. <span class="bibl">Antiph.100</span>; ἀμέριμνον ζῆν β. <span class="bibl">Philem.92.8</span>; λαγὼ β. ζῆν δεδιὼς καὶ τρέμων <span class="bibl">D.18.263</span>; σκληρὸς τῷ β. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Georg.</span>66</span>: rarely in pl., <span class="bibl">Alex.116.6</span> and <span class="bibl">11</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.855</span>; <b class="b3">τίνες καὶ πόσοι εἰσὶ β</b>.; <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>733d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1095b15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1256a20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Poets sts. = [[ζωή]], βίον ἐκπνέων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1517</span> (lyr.); ἀποψύχειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1031</span>; φείδεσθαι βίου <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>749</span>; <b class="b3">νοσφίζειν τινὰ βίου</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1427</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">lifetime</b>, ἐς τὸν ἅπαντα ἀνθρώπων β. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>; τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ σοῦ β. γεγονότων λόγων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 242a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMagd.</span>18.7</span> (iii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">livelihood, means of living</b> (in Hom. <b class="b3">βίοτος</b>), βίος ἐπηετανός <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>31</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.10</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν βίον κτᾶσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν ἀπό τινος</b>, to make one's <b class="b2">living</b> off, to <b class="b2">live</b> by a thing, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.106</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.5</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>6.11</span>; ἀπεστέρηκας τὸν βίον τὰ τόξ' ἑλών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>931</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">933</span>, <span class="bibl">1282</span>; κτᾶσθαι πλοῦτον καὶ βίον τέκνοις <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Supp.</span>450</span>; <b class="b3">πλείον' ἐκμοχθεῖν β</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">451</span>; <b class="b3">β. πολύς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">861</span>; ὀλίγος <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>751</span>; βίον κεκτημένος <span class="bibl">Philem.99.4</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ ῐδιος β</b>. private <b class="b2">property</b>, <span class="title">AJA</span>17.29 (i B. C.), cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>762.40, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">VP</span>30.170</span>; <b class="b3">β. Δημήτριος</b>, = <b class="b2">corn</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>44</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">the world we live in</b>, 'the world', <b class="b3">οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β</b>., opp. <b class="b2">the philosophers</b>, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>11.49</span>; simply ὁ βίος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>1.211</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ β. ὁ κοινός</b> ib. <span class="bibl">237</span>; μυθικὰς ὑποθέσεις ὧν μεστὸς ὁ β. ἐστί <span class="bibl">Ph.1.226</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκκαθαίρειν τὸν β</b>., of Hercules, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>13.1</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν βίον μιμούμενοι</b>, of comic poets, Sch. Heph.<span class="bibl">p.115C.</span>; also, 'the public', ἵνα ὁ β. εἰδῇ τίνα δεῖ μετακαλεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Sor.1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">settled life</b>, almost, = <b class="b2">abode</b>, ἐν τῇ Θρᾳκίᾳ νήσῳ βίους ἱδρύσαντο <span class="bibl">D.H.1.68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">72</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">a life, biography</b>, as those of <span class="bibl">Plu., <span class="title">Thes.</span>1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ph.2.180</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b2">caste</b>, διεῖλε τὸ πλῆθος εἰς τέτταρας β. <span class="bibl">Str.8.7.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> <b class="b2">wine made from partly dried unripe grapes</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>14.77</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VIII</span> Astrol., <b class="b2">the second region</b>, Paul.Al.<span class="title">L.</span>2. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">jīv´s</b> 'alive', <b class="b2">j[imacracute]vati</b> 'live', Lat. <b class="b2">uīvus</b>, etc.)</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0445.png Seite 445]] ὁ, das <b class="b2">Leben</b>; eigentlich Nebenform von βία, die <b class="b2">Lebenskraft</b>, die Stärke; vgl. [[ζάλος]] [[ζάλη]], [[κύμβος]] [[κύμβη]], [[πέτρος]] [[πέτρα]], [[πλάνος]] [[πλάνη]], [[πύλος]] [[πύλη]], [[ὕδρος]] [[ὕδρα]], [[χλόος]] [[χλόα]], [[χνόος]] [[χνόη]], [[χρόος]] [[χρόα]], [[χύτρος]] [[χύτρα]]; [[αἶθρος]] αἴθρα, [[κοῖτος]] [[κοίτη]], [[οἶμος]] [[οἴμη]]; [[χῶρος]] [[χώρα]]; [[σφαῖρος]] [[σφαῖρα]]; [[δραγμός]] [[δραγμή]], [[δεσμός]] [[δεσμή]] oder [[δέσμη]]; ἄνδραχνος [[ἀνδράχνη]], [[ἕσπερος]] [[ἑσπέρα]], [[θάλαμος]] [[θαλάμη]], [[κάλαμος]] [[καλάμη]], [[στέφανος]] [[στεφάνη]], [[χάραδρος]] [[χαράδρα]]. Bei Hom. [[βίος]] dreimal: Odyss. 15, 491 ἀνδρὸς δώματ' ἀφίκεο ἠπίου, ὃς δή τοι παρέχει βρῶσίν τε πόσιν τε [[ἐνδυκέως]], ζώεις δ' ἀγαθὸν βίον; 18, 254. 19, 127 εἰ κεῖνός γ' ἐλθὼν τὸν ἐμὸν βίον ἀμφιπολεύοι, μεῖζόν κε [[κλέος]] εἴη ἐμὸν καὶ [[κάλλιον]] [[οὕτως]]. Bei den Folgenden: 1) das <b class="b2">Leben</b>, von Pind. an, bei Tragg., u. in Prosa überall. Nach den Gramm. von ζωή, dem bloßen Existiren eines Geschöpfes, so unterschieden, daß es nur das Leben vernünftiger Wesen bezeichnet; doch sagt Xen. Mem. 3, 11, 6 [[βίος]] φαλάγγων; Nicarch. 17 (XI, 397) ἡμιόνων; – <b class="b2">Lebenszeit</b>, Lebensdauer, im Ggstz von [[θάνατος]]; sehr gew. βίον ζῆν, διάγειν, διατελεῖν, διατρίβειν, διεξάγειν, διέρχεσθαι; Ggstz τελευτᾶν; s. auch ἀποῤῥηγνύναι, ἀποψύχειν, ἐκλείπειν, ἐκπλῆσαι, καταστρέφειν, μεταλλάττειν; – ἐπὶ τοῦ σοῦ βίου, bei deinen Lebzeiten, Plat. Phaedr. 242 a; pleon. ζωῆς [[βίος]] Epinom. 982 a; Plut. Consol. Apoll. p. 350. – 2) das Leben u. <b class="b2">Wirken, Lebensart</b>, Lebenswandel, VLL. [[ἐπιτήδευμα]]; vgl. B. A. 30, der β. θαλάττιος, [[ῥητορικός]] aufführt; Arist Eth. Nic. 1, 5 [[βίος]] [[ἀπολαυστικός]], [[πολιτικός]], [[θεωρητικός]]; vgl. Plat. Legg. V, 733 d u. sonst; Gewerbe, D. Hal. 2, 28. – 3) <b class="b2">Lebensunterhalt</b>, [[ἐπηετανός]] Hes. O. 31; βίον ἔχειν 42; βίον καὶ πλοῦτον κτᾶσθαι Eur. Suppl. 450; ἀπ' ἔργων ἀνοσίων Her. 8, 106; [[ἑτέρωθεν]] Aeschin. 1, 195; βίον πορίζειν τινί Ar. Vesp. 706; [[ὁπόθεν]] βίον ἕξει Plut. 534; βίον ποιεῖσθαι [[ἐντεῦθεν]] Thuc. 1, 5, davon leben; ἀπὸ γεωργίας Xen. Oec. 6, 11; ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἔχειν Plut. Symp. 8, 8, 2; βίον συλλέγεσθαι ἀπό τινος Plat. Legg. XI, 936 b; ἀγείρειν Theocr. 14, 40; ὁ [[βίος]] αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς θαλάττης Xen. Hell. 7, 1, 2; von Thieren, Mem. 3, 11, 6. – 4) bei Arist. u. bes. Sp., wie Luc. Tim. 4, 25 Hel. 1, 6, die <b class="b2">Lebenden, die Welt</b>; Gramm. ἐν u. παρὰ τῷ βίῳ, im <b class="b2">gewöhnlichen Leben</b>, vgl. B. A. 113, 25 καθ' οὗ ὁ [[βίος]] τάσσει, der gew. Sprachgebrauch. – 5)<b class="b2"> Wohnort</b>, βίους ἱδρύσαντο Dion. Hal. 1, 68. – 6)<b class="b2"> Lebensbeschreibung</b>, Plut.
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[ῐ], ὁ,

   A life, i. e. not animal life (ζωή), but mode of life (cf. εἰ χρόνον τις λέγοι ψυχῆς ἐν κινήσει μετα βατικῇ ἐξ ἄλλου εἰς ἄλλον βίον ζωὴν εἶναι Plot.3.7.11), manner of living (mostly therefore of men, v. Ammon. p.32 V.; but also of animals, διεχώριζον ζῴων τε βίον δένδρων τε φύσιν Epicr.11.14, cf. X.Mem.3.11.6, etc.; also ζῆν φυτοῦ βίον Arist. GA736b13); ζώεις δ' ἀγαθὸν βίον Od. 15.491; ἐμὸν βίον ἀμφιπολεύειν 18.254; αἰῶνα βίοιο Hes.Fr.161; τὸν μακρὸν τείνειν βίον A.Pr.537 (lyr.); ὁ καθ' ἡμέραν β. S.OC1364; βίον διαγαγεῖν Ar.Pax 439; τελεῖν S.Ant.1114; διατελεῖν Isoc.6.45; διέρχεσθαι βίου τέλος dub.in Pi.I.4(3).5; τελευτᾶν Isoc.4.84; ὑπ' ἄλλου τελευτῆσαι β. Pl.Lg.870e; ἐπειδὰν τοῦ ἀνθρωπίνου βίου τελευτήσω X.Cyr.8.7.17; τέρμα βίου περᾶν S.OT1530; ὁδὸς βίου Isoc.1.5, cf. X.Mem.2.1.21; διὰ βίου Arist.Pol.1272a37; prov., ὁ ἐπὶ Κρόνου βίος 'the Golden Age', Id.Ath.16.7; so Ταρτησσοῦ β. Him.Ecl.10.11; β. ζωῆς Pl.Epin.982a (cf. βιοτή) ; ζῆν θαλάττιον β. Antiph.100; ἀμέριμνον ζῆν β. Philem.92.8; λαγὼ β. ζῆν δεδιὼς καὶ τρέμων D.18.263; σκληρὸς τῷ β. Men.Georg.66: rarely in pl., Alex.116.6 and 11, Men.855; τίνες καὶ πόσοι εἰσὶ β.; Pl.Lg.733d, cf. Arist.EN1095b15, Pol.1256a20.    2 in Poets sts. = ζωή, βίον ἐκπνέων A.Ag.1517 (lyr.); ἀποψύχειν S.Aj.1031; φείδεσθαι βίου Id.Ph.749; νοσφίζειν τινὰ βίου ib.1427, etc.    3 lifetime, ἐς τὸν ἅπαντα ἀνθρώπων β. Hdt.6.109; τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ σοῦ β. γεγονότων λόγων Pl.Phdr. 242a, cf. PMagd.18.7 (iii B. C.), etc.    II livelihood, means of living (in Hom. βίοτος), βίος ἐπηετανός Hes.Op.31, Pi.N.6.10; τὸν βίον κτᾶσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι, ἔχειν ἀπό τινος, to make one's living off, to live by a thing, Hdt.8.106, Th.1.5, X.Oec.6.11; ἀπεστέρηκας τὸν βίον τὰ τόξ' ἑλών S.Ph.931, cf. 933, 1282; κτᾶσθαι πλοῦτον καὶ βίον τέκνοις E. Supp.450; πλείον' ἐκμοχθεῖν β. ib.451; β. πολύς ib.861; ὀλίγος Ar. Pl.751; βίον κεκτημένος Philem.99.4; ὁ ῐδιος β. private property, AJA17.29 (i B. C.), cf. SIG762.40, Iamb.VP30.170; β. Δημήτριος, = corn, A.Fr.44.    III the world we live in, 'the world', οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ β., opp. the philosophers, S.E.M.11.49; simply ὁ βίος Id.P.1.211; ὁ β. ὁ κοινός ib. 237; μυθικὰς ὑποθέσεις ὧν μεστὸς ὁ β. ἐστί Ph.1.226; ἐκκαθαίρειν τὸν β., of Hercules, Luc.DDeor.13.1; τὸν βίον μιμούμενοι, of comic poets, Sch. Heph.p.115C.; also, 'the public', ἵνα ὁ β. εἰδῇ τίνα δεῖ μετακαλεῖσθαι Sor.1.4.    IV settled life, almost, = abode, ἐν τῇ Θρᾳκίᾳ νήσῳ βίους ἱδρύσαντο D.H.1.68, cf. 72.    V a life, biography, as those of Plu., Thes.1, cf. Ph.2.180.    VI caste, διεῖλε τὸ πλῆθος εἰς τέτταρας β. Str.8.7.1.    VII wine made from partly dried unripe grapes, Plin.HN14.77.    VIII Astrol., the second region, Paul.Al.L.2. (Cf. Skt. jīv´s 'alive', j[imacracute]vati 'live', Lat. uīvus, etc.)

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[Seite 445] ὁ, das Leben; eigentlich Nebenform von βία, die Lebenskraft, die Stärke; vgl. ζάλος ζάλη, κύμβος κύμβη, πέτρος πέτρα, πλάνος πλάνη, πύλος πύλη, ὕδρος ὕδρα, χλόος χλόα, χνόος χνόη, χρόος χρόα, χύτρος χύτρα; αἶθρος αἴθρα, κοῖτος κοίτη, οἶμος οἴμη; χῶρος χώρα; σφαῖρος σφαῖρα; δραγμός δραγμή, δεσμός δεσμή oder δέσμη; ἄνδραχνος ἀνδράχνη, ἕσπερος ἑσπέρα, θάλαμος θαλάμη, κάλαμος καλάμη, στέφανος στεφάνη, χάραδρος χαράδρα. Bei Hom. βίος dreimal: Odyss. 15, 491 ἀνδρὸς δώματ' ἀφίκεο ἠπίου, ὃς δή τοι παρέχει βρῶσίν τε πόσιν τε ἐνδυκέως, ζώεις δ' ἀγαθὸν βίον; 18, 254. 19, 127 εἰ κεῖνός γ' ἐλθὼν τὸν ἐμὸν βίον ἀμφιπολεύοι, μεῖζόν κε κλέος εἴη ἐμὸν καὶ κάλλιον οὕτως. Bei den Folgenden: 1) das Leben, von Pind. an, bei Tragg., u. in Prosa überall. Nach den Gramm. von ζωή, dem bloßen Existiren eines Geschöpfes, so unterschieden, daß es nur das Leben vernünftiger Wesen bezeichnet; doch sagt Xen. Mem. 3, 11, 6 βίος φαλάγγων; Nicarch. 17 (XI, 397) ἡμιόνων; – Lebenszeit, Lebensdauer, im Ggstz von θάνατος; sehr gew. βίον ζῆν, διάγειν, διατελεῖν, διατρίβειν, διεξάγειν, διέρχεσθαι; Ggstz τελευτᾶν; s. auch ἀποῤῥηγνύναι, ἀποψύχειν, ἐκλείπειν, ἐκπλῆσαι, καταστρέφειν, μεταλλάττειν; – ἐπὶ τοῦ σοῦ βίου, bei deinen Lebzeiten, Plat. Phaedr. 242 a; pleon. ζωῆς βίος Epinom. 982 a; Plut. Consol. Apoll. p. 350. – 2) das Leben u. Wirken, Lebensart, Lebenswandel, VLL. ἐπιτήδευμα; vgl. B. A. 30, der β. θαλάττιος, ῥητορικός aufführt; Arist Eth. Nic. 1, 5 βίος ἀπολαυστικός, πολιτικός, θεωρητικός; vgl. Plat. Legg. V, 733 d u. sonst; Gewerbe, D. Hal. 2, 28. – 3) Lebensunterhalt, ἐπηετανός Hes. O. 31; βίον ἔχειν 42; βίον καὶ πλοῦτον κτᾶσθαι Eur. Suppl. 450; ἀπ' ἔργων ἀνοσίων Her. 8, 106; ἑτέρωθεν Aeschin. 1, 195; βίον πορίζειν τινί Ar. Vesp. 706; ὁπόθεν βίον ἕξει Plut. 534; βίον ποιεῖσθαι ἐντεῦθεν Thuc. 1, 5, davon leben; ἀπὸ γεωργίας Xen. Oec. 6, 11; ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἔχειν Plut. Symp. 8, 8, 2; βίον συλλέγεσθαι ἀπό τινος Plat. Legg. XI, 936 b; ἀγείρειν Theocr. 14, 40; ὁ βίος αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς θαλάττης Xen. Hell. 7, 1, 2; von Thieren, Mem. 3, 11, 6. – 4) bei Arist. u. bes. Sp., wie Luc. Tim. 4, 25 Hel. 1, 6, die Lebenden, die Welt; Gramm. ἐν u. παρὰ τῷ βίῳ, im gewöhnlichen Leben, vgl. B. A. 113, 25 καθ' οὗ ὁ βίος τάσσει, der gew. Sprachgebrauch. – 5) Wohnort, βίους ἱδρύσαντο Dion. Hal. 1, 68. – 6) Lebensbeschreibung, Plut.