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|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>