ζωή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=([[ζωιή]] (prob. an error) ''SIG''577.34 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.)), Dor. [[ζωά]]: Ion. and ''poet.'' [[ζόη]], Hdt.1.32, Herod.10.4, S.''Fr.''556, etc. (v. infr.), cf. ''IG''9(1).86 (Hyampolis), Dor. [[ζόα]]: Aeol. [[ζοΐα]] Theoc. 29.5: ἡ:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[living]], i.e. one's [[substance]], [[property]], ἦ γάρ οἱ ζ. γ' ἦν [[ἄσπετος]] Od.14.96; <b class="b3">τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο</b> ib.208; κατὰ ζωὴν φαγέειν 16.429; <b class="b3">τὴν ζόην ποιέεσθαι</b> or <b class="b3">καταστήσασθαι ἀπὸ</b> or ἐκ… to get one's [[living]] by... Hdt.8.105, cf. 2.36, Arist.''HA''608b21; ἐξ ἁλός Theoc.''Beren.'' 2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., [[life]], [[existence]], opp. [[death]], Tyrt.15.5, Pi.''N.''8.36, etc.; <b class="b3">θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς</b> ib.9.29; οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλγος οἷον ἡ πολλὴ ζόη S.''Fr.''556; [[ζόας]] ([[ζωᾶς]] codd.) βιοτά E.''HF''664 (lyr.); τοῦ βίου ζωή Pl. ''Ti.''44c; ὁ τῆς ζ. χρόνος ''SIG''1210 (Calymna), etc.: as a term of affection, [[ζωή]] = [[my life]]! Juv.6.195: pl., ζόαι A.''Fr.''99.13; ζωαί [[LXX]] ''Ps.''62(63).3(4); <b class="b3">μετὰ τὴν μίαν ζ. πολλαὶ ζ.</b> Dam.''Pr.''100; αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς ζ. καὶ δυνάμεις Iamb.''Comm.Math.''3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[way of life]], ζόην ἔζωον τὴν αὐτήν Hdt. 4.112, cf. 114.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ζωή]], = [[γραῦς]] ''ΙΙ'', the [[scum]] on [[milk]], Eust.906.52; <b class="b3">ζόη· τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|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. ''ΙΙ'' [[ζόη]] prob. fr. [[ζέω]].)