ζωή

English (LSJ)

( ζωιή (prob. an error) SIG577.34 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.)), Dor. ζωά: Ion. and poet. ζόη, Hdt.1.32, Herod.10.4, S.Fr.556, etc. (v. infr.), cf. IG9(1).86 (Hyampolis), Dor. ζόα: Aeol. ζοΐα Theoc. 29.5: ἡ:—

   A living, i.e. one's substance, property, ἦ γάρ οἱ ζ. γ' ἦν ἄσπετος Od.14.96; τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο ib.208; κατὰ ζωὴν φαγέειν 16.429; τὴν ζόην ποιέεσθαι or καταστήσασθαι ἀπὸ or ἐκ . . to get one's living by... Hdt.8.105, cf. 2.36, Arist.HA608b21; ἐξ ἁλός Theoc.Beren. 2.    2 after Hom., life, existence, opp. death, Tyrt.15.5, Pi.N.8.36, etc.; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς ib.9.29; οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλγος οἷον ἡ πολλὴ ζόη S.Fr.556; ζόας (ζωᾶς codd.) βιοτά E.HF664 (lyr.); τοῦ βίου ζωή Pl. Ti.44c; ὁ τῆς ζ. χρόνος SIG1210 (Calymna), etc.: as a term of affection, ζωή mylife! Juv.6.195: pl., ζόαι A.Fr.99.13; ζωαί LXXPs.62(63).3(4); μετὰ τὴν μίαν ζ. πολλαὶ ζ. Dam.Pr.100; αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς ζ. καὶ δυνάμεις Iamb.Comm.Math.3.    3 way of life, ζόην ἔζωον τὴν αὐτήν Hdt. 4.112, cf. 114.    II ζωή,= γραῦς 11, the scum on milk, Eust.906.52; ζόη· τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος, Hsch. [The form ζόη (paroxyt.) is required by the metre in trimeters in S.Fr.556, E.Hec.1108, and in lyrics S. Fr.592, E.Med.976, al., ζωή never: ζόη in other Poets, Call.Fr.114, Theoc.Ep.18.9, Herod.10.4.] (For the root, cf. ζῶ: fancifully connected with ζέω and ζητέω, Dam.Pr.81: in signf. 11 ζόη prob. fr. ζέω.)