ζώω

See also: ζωῷ, ζώῳ, and ζῴῳ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔ̌ː.ɔː/ → /ˈzo.o/ → /ˈzo.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔ̌ː.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.o/

Verb

ζώω • (zṓō)

1. Epic and Ionic form of ζάω (záō, “to live”)

Conjugation

   Present: ζώω (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ζώω	ζώεις	ζώει	ζώετον	ζώετον	ζώομεν	ζώετε	ζώουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ζώω, ζώωμῐ	ζώῃς, ζώῃσθᾰ	ζώῃ, ζώῃσῐ	ζώητον	ζώητον	ζώωμεν	ζώητε	ζώωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ζώοιμῐ	ζώοισ(θᾰ)	ζώοι	ζώοιτον	ζωοίτην	ζώοιμεν	ζώοιτε	ζώοιεν
	imperative		ζῶε	ζωέτω	ζώετον	ζωέτων		ζώετε	ζωόντων
		active
infinitive		ζώειν/ζωέμεν(αι)/ζωμέναι
participle	m	ζώων
	f	ζώουσᾰ
	n	ζῶον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἔζωον (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔζωον	ἔζωες	ἔζωε(ν)	ἐζώετον	ἐζωέτην	ἐζώομεν	ἐζώετε	ἔζωον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ζώω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ζώω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ζώω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press