ζώϊον
From LSJ
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
τό, poet. for ζῷον, Semon.13.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1142] τό, eigentliche alte Form für ζῷον, Simonds. bei Schol. Il. 18, 407; vgl. E. M. 413, 17.
