Strong G2198ζάω
to live
- Transliteration
- zaō
- Pronunciation
- dzah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to live (literally or figuratively): - life (-time) (a-) live (-ly) quick.
Detailed definition
ζάω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for חיה (most frequently ptcp., ζῶν, inf., ζῆν, for חַי;]
1. prop., to live, be alive (see Syn., see word βίος; in cl. usually of animal life, but sometimes of plants, as Arist., Eth. N, i, 7, 12): Act.20:12, Rom.7:1-3, 1Co.7:39, Rev.19:20, al.; ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, Act.17:28; ἐμοὶ τὸ ζῆν Χριστός, Php.1:21; διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν (M, Pr., 215, 249), Heb.2:15; ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, Gal.2:20; ζῇ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός, Gal.2:20; (ὁ) ζῶν, of God (אֵל חַי and cognate phrases, Jos.3:10, Hos.2:1 (1:10), Isa.37:4, al.; see DCG, ii, 39a), Mat.16:16, Jhn.6:57, Rom.9:26, 1Th.1:9, Heb.3:12, Rev.7:2, al.; in juristic phrase, ζῶ ἐγώ (חַי־אָנִי, Num.14:21, al.), as I live, Rom.14:11; ζῆν ἐπ᾽ ἄρτῳ, Mat.4:4, al.; ἐκ, 1Co.9:14; of coming to life, Mrk.16:[11], Rom.6:10 14:9, 2Co.13:4; opposite to νεκρός, Rev.1:18 2:8; metaphorically, Luk.15:32; ζῆν ἐκ νεκρῶν, Rom.6:13; of the spiritual life of Christians, Luk.10:28, Jhn.5:25, Rom.1:17 8:13; εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Jhn.6:51, 58; σὺν Χριστῷ, 1Th.5:10; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς, Rev.3:1.
2. As sometimes in cl., = βιόω, to live, pass one's life: Luk.2:36, Act.26:5, Rom.7:9, Col.2:20; ἐν πίστει, Gal.2:20; ἐν τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:2; εὐσεβῶς, 2Ti.3:12; ἀσώτως, Luk.15:13; with dative (cl.), ἑαυτῳ (Field, Notes, 164), Rom.14:7, 2Co.5:15; τ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Luk.20:38, Rom.6:10, 11 Gal.2:19; τ. Χριστῷ, 2Co.5:15; τ. θεῷ, 1Pe.2:24; πνεύματι, Gal.5:25; κατὰ σάρκα, Rom.8:12, 13;
3. Of inanimate things, metaphorically: ὕδωρ ζῶν (i.e. springing water, as opposite to still water), in a spiritual sense, Jhn.4:10, 11 7:38 (DCG, ii, 39f.): ἐλπὶς ζῶσα, 1Pe.1:3; ὁδὸς ζῶσα, Heb.10:20 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-ζάω; Cremer, 270, 721).
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for חיה (most frequently ptcp., ζῶν, inf., ζῆν, for חַי;]
1. prop., to live, be alive (see Syn., see word βίος; in cl. usually of animal life, but sometimes of plants, as Arist., Eth. N, i, 7, 12): Act.20:12, Rom.7:1-3, 1Co.7:39, Rev.19:20, al.; ἐν αὐτῷ ζῶμεν, Act.17:28; ἐμοὶ τὸ ζῆν Χριστός, Php.1:21; διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν (M, Pr., 215, 249), Heb.2:15; ὃ δὲ νῦν ζῶ ἐν σαρκί, Gal.2:20; ζῇ ἐν ἐμοὶ Χριστός, Gal.2:20; (ὁ) ζῶν, of God (אֵל חַי and cognate phrases, Jos.3:10, Hos.2:1 (1:10), Isa.37:4, al.; see DCG, ii, 39a), Mat.16:16, Jhn.6:57, Rom.9:26, 1Th.1:9, Heb.3:12, Rev.7:2, al.; in juristic phrase, ζῶ ἐγώ (חַי־אָנִי, Num.14:21, al.), as I live, Rom.14:11; ζῆν ἐπ᾽ ἄρτῳ, Mat.4:4, al.; ἐκ, 1Co.9:14; of coming to life, Mrk.16:[11], Rom.6:10 14:9, 2Co.13:4; opposite to νεκρός, Rev.1:18 2:8; metaphorically, Luk.15:32; ζῆν ἐκ νεκρῶν, Rom.6:13; of the spiritual life of Christians, Luk.10:28, Jhn.5:25, Rom.1:17 8:13; εἰς τ. αἰῶνα, Jhn.6:51, 58; σὺν Χριστῷ, 1Th.5:10; ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι ζῇς, Rev.3:1.
2. As sometimes in cl., = βιόω, to live, pass one's life: Luk.2:36, Act.26:5, Rom.7:9, Col.2:20; ἐν πίστει, Gal.2:20; ἐν τ. ἁμαρτίᾳ, Rom.6:2; εὐσεβῶς, 2Ti.3:12; ἀσώτως, Luk.15:13; with dative (cl.), ἑαυτῳ (Field, Notes, 164), Rom.14:7, 2Co.5:15; τ. δικαιοσύνῃ, Luk.20:38, Rom.6:10, 11 Gal.2:19; τ. Χριστῷ, 2Co.5:15; τ. θεῷ, 1Pe.2:24; πνεύματι, Gal.5:25; κατὰ σάρκα, Rom.8:12, 13;
3. Of inanimate things, metaphorically: ὕδωρ ζῶν (i.e. springing water, as opposite to still water), in a spiritual sense, Jhn.4:10, 11 7:38 (DCG, ii, 39f.): ἐλπὶς ζῶσα, 1Pe.1:3; ὁδὸς ζῶσα, Heb.10:20 (cf. ἀνα-, συν-ζάω; Cremer, 270, 721).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2198 appears in 127 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- live66
- liveth23
- living16
- alive10
- be6
- quick4
- lively3
- shall3
- i1
- life1
- lifetime1
- liv1
First verses
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 9:18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
- Matthew 16:16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
- Matthew 22:32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
- Matthew 26:63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
- Matthew 27:63Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
- Mark 5:23And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- Mark 12:27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
- Mark 16:11And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
- Luke 2:36And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
- Luke 4:4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
- Luke 10:28And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
- Luke 15:13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
- Luke 20:38For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
- Luke 24:5And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
- Luke 24:23And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
- John 4:10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- John 4:11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
- John 4:50Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
- John 4:51And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ζῶ
(contraction from ζώω: ζάω only in Grammars, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Etymologicum Magnum” 410.38), ζῇς (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.28), ζῇ, ζῆτε (but ζῆς, ζῆ _accusative_ to Anonymus cited in “Etymologicum Magnum” 410.48, Sophronius cited in 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.416))]; imperative ζῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 167, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 699, ζῆθι (as if from ζῆμι,compare “Etymologicum Magnum” [same place]) 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 11 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 191, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.43, σύ-ζηθι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus cited in “Etymologicum Genuinum”)] see at {ζῆ}; optative ζῴη; infinitive ζῆν: imperfect ἔζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 323, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1072)]; ἔζην in most codices of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.7 is a form suggested by ἔζης, ἔζη)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἔζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 709, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 679c)]: future ζήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 263, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 186, [5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 267, ζήσομαι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 30, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.82, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1327b5)]: aorist 1 ἔζησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 1, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.470 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.786a, etc.)]: perfect ἔζηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1048b25, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.68, etc.: but in _Attic dialect_)]aorist and perfect are mostly supplied from βιόω.- Exc. participle ζῶντος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.88, 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always uses the Epic dialect Ionic dialect Lyric poetry present ζώω (also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.25, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46, +others, 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 4, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.29, “IG” 12(8).600.9 (from Thasos), and Trag. (in Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 157, “OC” 1213, compare “BCH” 47.95 (from Cavalla), “Bull.Soc.Arch.Bulg.” 7.13 (from Macedonia))]; subjunctive ζώῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(8).262.12 (Thasos, 5th c.BC),compare “Schwyzer” 339, +others (Delph.))], contraction ζῷ [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.161 (from Cyrene))]; Cretan dialect δώω [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 4.21, +others))]; infinitive ζωέμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.140, 24.436)]: imperfect ἔζωον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (22.245, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 112, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112)]; Ionic dialect ζώεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 90, 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.30:)]aorist 1 ἔζωσα (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120)]; infinitive ζῶσαι [Refs (“IG” 11(4).1299 (from Delos))]: perfect participle ἐζωκότα [Refs (“BMus.Inscription” 1009 (from Cyzicus))]; infinitive ζόειν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.17)]: imperfect ζόεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 13.21 (3rd c.BC: Theodoridas Epigrammaticus))]. (Root g[uglide]iē-, g[uglide]iō- also in βίος and ὑγιής (which see).)
I properly of animal life, live, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), etc.)]; also of plants, τὸ ζῆν κοινὸν εἶναι φαίνεται καὶ τοῖς φυτοῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097b33)]; ἐλέγχιστε ζωόντων vilest of living men, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.72; ζώειν καὶ ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.558; ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο 1.88, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.439; ζῶν καὶ βλέπων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 677; ζώει τε καὶ ἔστιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.263; ζώντων καὶ ὄντων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.72; τοῦ εἶναί τε καὶ ζῆν ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; ζῶσα πόλις καὶ ἐγρηγορυῖα [prev. author] “Lg.” 809d; ζῶν καὶ ἔμψυχος [prev. author] “Phdr.” 276a)]; ῥεῖα ζώοντες living at ease, of the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.138, +others)]; ζῶν κατακαυθῆναι to be burnt alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86: with _accusative_ temporary, ζ. ἤματα πάντα “hymnus ad Venerem” 221, etc.; ὀλίγα ἔτεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22: with _dative_ modi, δμῶες.. ἄλλα τε πολλὰ οἷσίν τ᾽ εὖ ζώουσι)] whereby men live in comfort, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.423, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.5; κοράκων πονηρίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 868)]; ἐπὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις ἔργοις, ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀγαθοῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.18)]; also ζῆν ἀπό τινος to live on a thing, [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1156, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.216, 2.36, 4.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 850, etc.; ἔκ τινος [prev. author] “Ec.” 591, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.36, NT.1Cor.9.14)]: with participle, ζῆν συκοφαντῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.99; ἐργαζόμενοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b27: with dative commodi, ζῆν ἑαυτῷ)] for oneself, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 646, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 470, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 507)]; τὸ ζῆν,= ζωή, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 681, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77d (without _Article_ εἰς ἕτερον ζ. [prev. author] “Ax.” 365d); διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν NT.Heb.2.15)]; also, a living, τὸ ζ. οὐκ ἔχομεν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“OGI” 515.57 (Mylasa, 3rd c.AD))]; ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς long live the king, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.24)]; βασιλεῦ, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζῆθι[LXX (LXX.Dan.3.9)]; asseverations, ζῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ζῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου, καί.. [LXX (LXX.Num.14.21)]; ζῇ κύριος, εἰ.., ὅτι..,[LXX (LXX.1Ki.19.6, 29.6; ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ οἶδα [prev. work] 17.55.)]
I.2 ={βιόω}, live, pass one's life, with accusative cognate, ζώεις δ᾽ ἀγαθὸν βίον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.491; ζ. βίον μοχθηρόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 599, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 249, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 506, etc.; ζόην τὴν αὐτήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344e; τὸν βίον ἀσφαλῶς 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.5; ἥδιστον ἀνθρώπων βίον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 583.4; νυμφίων βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 161; also ζ. ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 650, compare “Tr.” 168; εὖ ζῆν [prev. author] “Ph.” 505; κακῶς [prev. author] “OC” 799; ζ. δοῦλος [prev. author] “OT” 410)]; ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν ἔζης from the other acts of your life, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.134; ποιεῖσθαι φθόνον ἐξ ὧν ζῇς [prev. work]196.)]
I.3 aorist 1 ἔζησα, causal, quicken, ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου ζῆσόν με [LXX (LXX.Psa.118(119).37, +others)]
II live in the fullest sense, δι᾽ ὧν ζῆν ἐπιστάμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.11, etc.; βιοὺς μὲν ἔτη τόσα, ζήσας δὲ ἔτη ἑπτά 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 69.19)]; in religious or mystical sense, [NT (NT.Rom.7.9, +others)], cf. Ramsay Cilies and Bishoprics [Refs (2p.565 (Phryg.))]; θεὸς ζῶν [LXX (LXX.Deu.5.26(23), etc.)]: frequently metaphorically of things, to be in full vigour, ὄλβος ζώει μάσσων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 3.5; ἄτης θύελλαι ζῶσι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 819; ζῶντι χρώμενος ποδί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 790; [μαντεῖα] αἰεὶ ζῶντα περιποτᾶται [prev. author] “OT” 482)]; ἀεὶ ζῇ ταῦτα [νόμιμα] [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 457)]; τὰς ξυμφορὰς τῶν βουλευμάτων ζώσας μάλιστα have most living power, [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 45; λόγια ζῶντα NT.Act.7.38; χρόνῳ τῷ ζῶντι καὶ παρόντι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1169)]; ζῶσα φλόξ living fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 8)]; ὕδωρ ζῶν spring water, [LXX+NT+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Num.5.17 (and _metaphorically_, NT.John.4.10); ζώσης φωνῆς 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 2.12.2.)]
ζῶ
(contraction from ζώω: ζάω only in Grammars, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Etymologicum Magnum” 410.38), ζῇς (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.28), ζῇ, ζῆτε (but ζῆς, ζῆ _accusative_ to Anonymus cited in “Etymologicum Magnum” 410.48, Sophronius cited in 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.416))]; imperative ζῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 167, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 699, ζῆθι (as if from ζῆμι,compare “Etymologicum Magnum” [same place]) 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 11 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 191, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.43, σύ-ζηθι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus cited in “Etymologicum Genuinum”)] see at {ζῆ}; optative ζῴη; infinitive ζῆν: imperfect ἔζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 323, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1072)]; ἔζην in most codices of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.7 is a form suggested by ἔζης, ἔζη)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἔζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 709, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 679c)]: future ζήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 263, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 186, [5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 267, ζήσομαι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 30, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.82, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1327b5)]: aorist 1 ἔζησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 1, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.470 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.786a, etc.)]: perfect ἔζηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1048b25, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.68, etc.: but in _Attic dialect_)]aorist and perfect are mostly supplied from βιόω.- Exc. participle ζῶντος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.88, 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always uses the Epic dialect Ionic dialect Lyric poetry present ζώω (also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.25, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46, +others, 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 4, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.29, “IG” 12(8).600.9 (from Thasos), and Trag. (in Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 157, “OC” 1213, compare “BCH” 47.95 (from Cavalla), “Bull.Soc.Arch.Bulg.” 7.13 (from Macedonia))]; subjunctive ζώῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(8).262.12 (Thasos, 5th c.BC),compare “Schwyzer” 339, +others (Delph.))], contraction ζῷ [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.161 (from Cyrene))]; Cretan dialect δώω [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 4.21, +others))]; infinitive ζωέμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.140, 24.436)]: imperfect ἔζωον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (22.245, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 112, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112)]; Ionic dialect ζώεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 90, 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.30:)]aorist 1 ἔζωσα (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120)]; infinitive ζῶσαι [Refs (“IG” 11(4).1299 (from Delos))]: perfect participle ἐζωκότα [Refs (“BMus.Inscription” 1009 (from Cyzicus))]; infinitive ζόειν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.17)]: imperfect ζόεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 13.21 (3rd c.BC: Theodoridas Epigrammaticus))]. (Root g[uglide]iē-, g[uglide]iō- also in βίος and ὑγιής (which see).)
I properly of animal life, live, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), etc.)]; also of plants, τὸ ζῆν κοινὸν εἶναι φαίνεται καὶ τοῖς φυτοῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097b33)]; ἐλέγχιστε ζωόντων vilest of living men, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.72; ζώειν καὶ ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.558; ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο 1.88, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.439; ζῶν καὶ βλέπων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 677; ζώει τε καὶ ἔστιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.263; ζώντων καὶ ὄντων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.72; τοῦ εἶναί τε καὶ ζῆν ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; ζῶσα πόλις καὶ ἐγρηγορυῖα [prev. author] “Lg.” 809d; ζῶν καὶ ἔμψυχος [prev. author] “Phdr.” 276a)]; ῥεῖα ζώοντες living at ease, of the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.138, +others)]; ζῶν κατακαυθῆναι to be burnt alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86: with _accusative_ temporary, ζ. ἤματα πάντα “hymnus ad Venerem” 221, etc.; ὀλίγα ἔτεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22: with _dative_ modi, δμῶες.. ἄλλα τε πολλὰ οἷσίν τ᾽ εὖ ζώουσι)] whereby men live in comfort, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.423, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.5; κοράκων πονηρίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 868)]; ἐπὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις ἔργοις, ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀγαθοῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.18)]; also ζῆν ἀπό τινος to live on a thing, [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1156, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.216, 2.36, 4.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 850, etc.; ἔκ τινος [prev. author] “Ec.” 591, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.36, NT.1Cor.9.14)]: with participle, ζῆν συκοφαντῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.99; ἐργαζόμενοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b27: with dative commodi, ζῆν ἑαυτῷ)] for oneself, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 646, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 470, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 507)]; τὸ ζῆν,= ζωή, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 681, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77d (without _Article_ εἰς ἕτερον ζ. [prev. author] “Ax.” 365d); διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν NT.Heb.2.15)]; also, a living, τὸ ζ. οὐκ ἔχομεν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“OGI” 515.57 (Mylasa, 3rd c.AD))]; ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς long live the king, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.24)]; βασιλεῦ, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζῆθι[LXX (LXX.Dan.3.9)]; asseverations, ζῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ζῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου, καί.. [LXX (LXX.Num.14.21)]; ζῇ κύριος, εἰ.., ὅτι..,[LXX (LXX.1Ki.19.6, 29.6; ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ οἶδα [prev. work] 17.55.)]
I.2 ={βιόω}, live, pass one's life, with accusative cognate, ζώεις δ᾽ ἀγαθὸν βίον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.491; ζ. βίον μοχθηρόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 599, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 249, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 506, etc.; ζόην τὴν αὐτήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344e; τὸν βίον ἀσφαλῶς 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.5; ἥδιστον ἀνθρώπων βίον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 583.4; νυμφίων βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 161; also ζ. ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 650, compare “Tr.” 168; εὖ ζῆν [prev. author] “Ph.” 505; κακῶς [prev. author] “OC” 799; ζ. δοῦλος [prev. author] “OT” 410)]; ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν ἔζης from the other acts of your life, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.134; ποιεῖσθαι φθόνον ἐξ ὧν ζῇς [prev. work]196.)]
I.3 aorist 1 ἔζησα, causal, quicken, ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου ζῆσόν με [LXX (LXX.Psa.118(119).37, +others)]
II live in the fullest sense, δι᾽ ὧν ζῆν ἐπιστάμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.11, etc.; βιοὺς μὲν ἔτη τόσα, ζήσας δὲ ἔτη ἑπτά 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 69.19)]; in religious or mystical sense, [NT (NT.Rom.7.9, +others)], cf. Ramsay Cilies and Bishoprics [Refs (2p.565 (Phryg.))]; θεὸς ζῶν [LXX (LXX.Deu.5.26(23), etc.)]: frequently metaphorically of things, to be in full vigour, ὄλβος ζώει μάσσων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 3.5; ἄτης θύελλαι ζῶσι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 819; ζῶντι χρώμενος ποδί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 790; [μαντεῖα] αἰεὶ ζῶντα περιποτᾶται [prev. author] “OT” 482)]; ἀεὶ ζῇ ταῦτα [νόμιμα] [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 457)]; τὰς ξυμφορὰς τῶν βουλευμάτων ζώσας μάλιστα have most living power, [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 45; λόγια ζῶντα NT.Act.7.38; χρόνῳ τῷ ζῶντι καὶ παρόντι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1169)]; ζῶσα φλόξ living fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 8)]; ὕδωρ ζῶν spring water, [LXX+NT+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Num.5.17 (and _metaphorically_, NT.John.4.10); ζώσης φωνῆς 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 2.12.2.)]
(contraction from ζώω: ζάω only in Grammars, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Etymologicum Magnum” 410.38), ζῇς (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.28), ζῇ, ζῆτε (but ζῆς, ζῆ _accusative_ to Anonymus cited in “Etymologicum Magnum” 410.48, Sophronius cited in 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.416))]; imperative ζῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 167, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 699, ζῆθι (as if from ζῆμι,compare “Etymologicum Magnum” [same place]) 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 11 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 191, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.43, σύ-ζηθι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus cited in “Etymologicum Genuinum”)] see at {ζῆ}; optative ζῴη; infinitive ζῆν: imperfect ἔζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 323, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1072)]; ἔζην in most codices of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.7 is a form suggested by ἔζης, ἔζη)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἔζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 709, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 679c)]: future ζήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 263, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 186, [5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 267, ζήσομαι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 30, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.82, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1327b5)]: aorist 1 ἔζησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 1, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.470 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.786a, etc.)]: perfect ἔζηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1048b25, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.68, etc.: but in _Attic dialect_)]aorist and perfect are mostly supplied from βιόω.- Exc. participle ζῶντος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.88, 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always uses the Epic dialect Ionic dialect Lyric poetry present ζώω (also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.25, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46, +others, 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 4, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.29, “IG” 12(8).600.9 (from Thasos), and Trag. (in Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 157, “OC” 1213, compare “BCH” 47.95 (from Cavalla), “Bull.Soc.Arch.Bulg.” 7.13 (from Macedonia))]; subjunctive ζώῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(8).262.12 (Thasos, 5th c.BC),compare “Schwyzer” 339, +others (Delph.))], contraction ζῷ [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.161 (from Cyrene))]; Cretan dialect δώω [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 4.21, +others))]; infinitive ζωέμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.140, 24.436)]: imperfect ἔζωον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (22.245, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 112, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112)]; Ionic dialect ζώεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 90, 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.30:)]aorist 1 ἔζωσα (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120)]; infinitive ζῶσαι [Refs (“IG” 11(4).1299 (from Delos))]: perfect participle ἐζωκότα [Refs (“BMus.Inscription” 1009 (from Cyzicus))]; infinitive ζόειν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.17)]: imperfect ζόεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 13.21 (3rd c.BC: Theodoridas Epigrammaticus))]. (Root g[uglide]iē-, g[uglide]iō- also in βίος and ὑγιής (which see).)
I properly of animal life, live, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), etc.)]; also of plants, τὸ ζῆν κοινὸν εἶναι φαίνεται καὶ τοῖς φυτοῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097b33)]; ἐλέγχιστε ζωόντων vilest of living men, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.72; ζώειν καὶ ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.558; ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο 1.88, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.439; ζῶν καὶ βλέπων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 677; ζώει τε καὶ ἔστιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.263; ζώντων καὶ ὄντων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.72; τοῦ εἶναί τε καὶ ζῆν ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; ζῶσα πόλις καὶ ἐγρηγορυῖα [prev. author] “Lg.” 809d; ζῶν καὶ ἔμψυχος [prev. author] “Phdr.” 276a)]; ῥεῖα ζώοντες living at ease, of the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.138, +others)]; ζῶν κατακαυθῆναι to be burnt alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86: with _accusative_ temporary, ζ. ἤματα πάντα “hymnus ad Venerem” 221, etc.; ὀλίγα ἔτεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22: with _dative_ modi, δμῶες.. ἄλλα τε πολλὰ οἷσίν τ᾽ εὖ ζώουσι)] whereby men live in comfort, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.423, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.5; κοράκων πονηρίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 868)]; ἐπὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις ἔργοις, ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀγαθοῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.18)]; also ζῆν ἀπό τινος to live on a thing, [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1156, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.216, 2.36, 4.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 850, etc.; ἔκ τινος [prev. author] “Ec.” 591, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.36, NT.1Cor.9.14)]: with participle, ζῆν συκοφαντῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.99; ἐργαζόμενοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b27: with dative commodi, ζῆν ἑαυτῷ)] for oneself, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 646, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 470, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 507)]; τὸ ζῆν,= ζωή, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 681, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77d (without _Article_ εἰς ἕτερον ζ. [prev. author] “Ax.” 365d); διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν NT.Heb.2.15)]; also, a living, τὸ ζ. οὐκ ἔχομεν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“OGI” 515.57 (Mylasa, 3rd c.AD))]; ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς long live the king, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.24)]; βασιλεῦ, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζῆθι[LXX (LXX.Dan.3.9)]; asseverations, ζῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ζῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου, καί.. [LXX (LXX.Num.14.21)]; ζῇ κύριος, εἰ.., ὅτι..,[LXX (LXX.1Ki.19.6, 29.6; ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ οἶδα [prev. work] 17.55.)]
I.2 ={βιόω}, live, pass one's life, with accusative cognate, ζώεις δ᾽ ἀγαθὸν βίον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.491; ζ. βίον μοχθηρόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 599, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 249, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 506, etc.; ζόην τὴν αὐτήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344e; τὸν βίον ἀσφαλῶς 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.5; ἥδιστον ἀνθρώπων βίον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 583.4; νυμφίων βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 161; also ζ. ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 650, compare “Tr.” 168; εὖ ζῆν [prev. author] “Ph.” 505; κακῶς [prev. author] “OC” 799; ζ. δοῦλος [prev. author] “OT” 410)]; ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν ἔζης from the other acts of your life, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.134; ποιεῖσθαι φθόνον ἐξ ὧν ζῇς [prev. work]196.)]
I.3 aorist 1 ἔζησα, causal, quicken, ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου ζῆσόν με [LXX (LXX.Psa.118(119).37, +others)]
II live in the fullest sense, δι᾽ ὧν ζῆν ἐπιστάμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.11, etc.; βιοὺς μὲν ἔτη τόσα, ζήσας δὲ ἔτη ἑπτά 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 69.19)]; in religious or mystical sense, [NT (NT.Rom.7.9, +others)], cf. Ramsay Cilies and Bishoprics [Refs (2p.565 (Phryg.))]; θεὸς ζῶν [LXX (LXX.Deu.5.26(23), etc.)]: frequently metaphorically of things, to be in full vigour, ὄλβος ζώει μάσσων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 3.5; ἄτης θύελλαι ζῶσι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 819; ζῶντι χρώμενος ποδί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 790; [μαντεῖα] αἰεὶ ζῶντα περιποτᾶται [prev. author] “OT” 482)]; ἀεὶ ζῇ ταῦτα [νόμιμα] [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 457)]; τὰς ξυμφορὰς τῶν βουλευμάτων ζώσας μάλιστα have most living power, [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 45; λόγια ζῶντα NT.Act.7.38; χρόνῳ τῷ ζῶντι καὶ παρόντι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1169)]; ζῶσα φλόξ living fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 8)]; ὕδωρ ζῶν spring water, [LXX+NT+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Num.5.17 (and _metaphorically_, NT.John.4.10); ζώσης φωνῆς 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 2.12.2.)]
ζῶ
(contraction from ζώω: ζάω only in Grammars, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Etymologicum Magnum” 410.38), ζῇς (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.28), ζῇ, ζῆτε (but ζῆς, ζῆ _accusative_ to Anonymus cited in “Etymologicum Magnum” 410.48, Sophronius cited in 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 2.416))]; imperative ζῆ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 167, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 699, ζῆθι (as if from ζῆμι,compare “Etymologicum Magnum” [same place]) 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 11 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 191, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.43, σύ-ζηθι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus cited in “Etymologicum Genuinum”)] see at {ζῆ}; optative ζῴη; infinitive ζῆν: imperfect ἔζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 323, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1072)]; ἔζην in most codices of [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.7 is a form suggested by ἔζης, ἔζη)]; 3rd.pers. plural ἔζων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 709, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 679c)]: future ζήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 263, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 465d, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 186, [5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 267, ζήσομαι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος παιδίου” 30, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.82, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1327b5)]: aorist 1 ἔζησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 1, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.470 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.786a, etc.)]: perfect ἔζηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1048b25, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.68, etc.: but in _Attic dialect_)]aorist and perfect are mostly supplied from βιόω.- Exc. participle ζῶντος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.88, 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] always uses the Epic dialect Ionic dialect Lyric poetry present ζώω (also in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 2.25, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46, +others, 5th c.BC: Diogenes Apolloniates Philosophus 4, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.29, “IG” 12(8).600.9 (from Thasos), and Trag. (in Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 157, “OC” 1213, compare “BCH” 47.95 (from Cavalla), “Bull.Soc.Arch.Bulg.” 7.13 (from Macedonia))]; subjunctive ζώῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(8).262.12 (Thasos, 5th c.BC),compare “Schwyzer” 339, +others (Delph.))], contraction ζῷ [Refs (“Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.161 (from Cyrene))]; Cretan dialect δώω [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 4.21, +others))]; infinitive ζωέμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.140, 24.436)]: imperfect ἔζωον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (22.245, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 112, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112)]; Ionic dialect ζώεσκον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 90, 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.30:)]aorist 1 ἔζωσα (ἐπ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.120)]; infinitive ζῶσαι [Refs (“IG” 11(4).1299 (from Delos))]: perfect participle ἐζωκότα [Refs (“BMus.Inscription” 1009 (from Cyzicus))]; infinitive ζόειν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 1.17)]: imperfect ζόεν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 13.21 (3rd c.BC: Theodoridas Epigrammaticus))]. (Root g[uglide]iē-, g[uglide]iō- also in βίος and ὑγιής (which see).)
I properly of animal life, live, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see. below), etc.)]; also of plants, τὸ ζῆν κοινὸν εἶναι φαίνεται καὶ τοῖς φυτοῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1097b33)]; ἐλέγχιστε ζωόντων vilest of living men, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.72; ζώειν καὶ ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.558; ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο 1.88, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.439; ζῶν καὶ βλέπων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 677; ζώει τε καὶ ἔστιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.263; ζώντων καὶ ὄντων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.72; τοῦ εἶναί τε καὶ ζῆν ἕνεκα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369d; ζῶσα πόλις καὶ ἐγρηγορυῖα [prev. author] “Lg.” 809d; ζῶν καὶ ἔμψυχος [prev. author] “Phdr.” 276a)]; ῥεῖα ζώοντες living at ease, of the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.138, +others)]; ζῶν κατακαυθῆναι to be burnt alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86: with _accusative_ temporary, ζ. ἤματα πάντα “hymnus ad Venerem” 221, etc.; ὀλίγα ἔτεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22: with _dative_ modi, δμῶες.. ἄλλα τε πολλὰ οἷσίν τ᾽ εὖ ζώουσι)] whereby men live in comfort, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.423, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.5; κοράκων πονηρίᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 868)]; ἐπὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις ἔργοις, ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀγαθοῖς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.18)]; also ζῆν ἀπό τινος to live on a thing, [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1156, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.216, 2.36, 4.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 850, etc.; ἔκ τινος [prev. author] “Ec.” 591, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.36, NT.1Cor.9.14)]: with participle, ζῆν συκοφαντῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.99; ἐργαζόμενοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b27: with dative commodi, ζῆν ἑαυτῷ)] for oneself, uncertain reading in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 646, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 470, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 507)]; τὸ ζῆν,= ζωή, [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 681, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77d (without _Article_ εἰς ἕτερον ζ. [prev. author] “Ax.” 365d); διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν NT.Heb.2.15)]; also, a living, τὸ ζ. οὐκ ἔχομεν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“OGI” 515.57 (Mylasa, 3rd c.AD))]; ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς long live the king, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.10.24)]; βασιλεῦ, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζῆθι[LXX (LXX.Dan.3.9)]; asseverations, ζῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ζῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου, καί.. [LXX (LXX.Num.14.21)]; ζῇ κύριος, εἰ.., ὅτι..,[LXX (LXX.1Ki.19.6, 29.6; ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ οἶδα [prev. work] 17.55.)]
I.2 ={βιόω}, live, pass one's life, with accusative cognate, ζώεις δ᾽ ἀγαθὸν βίον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.491; ζ. βίον μοχθηρόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 599, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 249, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 506, etc.; ζόην τὴν αὐτήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.112, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344e; τὸν βίον ἀσφαλῶς 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.5; ἥδιστον ἀνθρώπων βίον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 583.4; νυμφίων βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 161; also ζ. ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 650, compare “Tr.” 168; εὖ ζῆν [prev. author] “Ph.” 505; κακῶς [prev. author] “OC” 799; ζ. δοῦλος [prev. author] “OT” 410)]; ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν ἔζης from the other acts of your life, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.134; ποιεῖσθαι φθόνον ἐξ ὧν ζῇς [prev. work]196.)]
I.3 aorist 1 ἔζησα, causal, quicken, ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου ζῆσόν με [LXX (LXX.Psa.118(119).37, +others)]
II live in the fullest sense, δι᾽ ὧν ζῆν ἐπιστάμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.11, etc.; βιοὺς μὲν ἔτη τόσα, ζήσας δὲ ἔτη ἑπτά 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 69.19)]; in religious or mystical sense, [NT (NT.Rom.7.9, +others)], cf. Ramsay Cilies and Bishoprics [Refs (2p.565 (Phryg.))]; θεὸς ζῶν [LXX (LXX.Deu.5.26(23), etc.)]: frequently metaphorically of things, to be in full vigour, ὄλβος ζώει μάσσων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 3.5; ἄτης θύελλαι ζῶσι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 819; ζῶντι χρώμενος ποδί 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 790; [μαντεῖα] αἰεὶ ζῶντα περιποτᾶται [prev. author] “OT” 482)]; ἀεὶ ζῇ ταῦτα [νόμιμα] [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 457)]; τὰς ξυμφορὰς τῶν βουλευμάτων ζώσας μάλιστα have most living power, [NT+5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OT” 45; λόγια ζῶντα NT.Act.7.38; χρόνῳ τῷ ζῶντι καὶ παρόντι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1169)]; ζῶσα φλόξ living fire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 8)]; ὕδωρ ζῶν spring water, [LXX+NT+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Num.5.17 (and _metaphorically_, NT.John.4.10); ζώσης φωνῆς 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 2.12.2.)]