Greek edit

Etymology edit

From stem ζωντ- (zōnt-) of the indeclinable medieval participle Byzantine Greek ζῶντα (zônta) from ancient participle ζῶν (zôn) of verb ζῶ ().[1] With suffix -ανός (-anós) for adjectives.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /zon.daˈnos/
  • Hyphenation: ζω‧ντα‧νός

Adjective edit

ζωντανός (zontanósm (feminine ζωντανή, neuter ζωντανό)

  1. alive, living
  2. (figuratively) lively

Declension edit

Related terms edit

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References edit

  1. ^ ζωντανόςΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. ^ ζωντανός - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.