P. οὐσία, ἡ, τὸ εἶναι.
life: P. and V. βίος, ὁ, ζωή, ἡ (Plato and Aesch., Fragment), V. ζόη, ἡ (Euripides, Hecuba 1108).
believe in the existence of the gods: P. and V. θεοὺς νομίζειν, θεοὺς ἡγεῖσθαι.