ζῶ

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contracted from ζώω (zṓō), from Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō, from *gʷyṓwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃woh₂. Doublet of βῐόω (bióō).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ζῶ • (zô)

  1. to live

Inflection

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   Present: ζῶ (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ζῶ ζῇς ζῇ ζῆτον ζῆτον ζῶμεν ζῆτε ζῶσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ζῶ ζῇς ζῇ ζῆτον ζῆτον ζῶμεν ζῆτε ζῶσῐ(ν)
optative ζῴην,
ζῷμῐ 		ζῴης,
ζῷς 		ζῴη,
ζῷ 		ζῷτον,
ζῴητον 		ζῴτην,
ζῳήτην 		ζῷμεν,
ζῴημεν 		ζῷτε,
ζῴητε 		ζῷεν,
ζῴησᾰν
imperative   ζῆ ζήτω ζῆτον ζήτων   ζῆτε ζώντων
active
infinitive ζῆν
participle m ζῶν
f ζῶσᾰ
n ζῶν
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἔζων (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔζων ἔζης ἔζη ἐζῆτον ἐζήτην ἐζῶμεν ἐζῆτε ἔζων
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Future: ζήσω, ζήσομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ζήσω ζήσεις ζήσει ζήσετον ζήσετον ζήσομεν ζήσετε ζήσουσῐ(ν)
optative ζήσοιμῐ ζήσοις ζήσοι ζήσοιτον ζησοίτην ζήσοιμεν ζήσοιτε ζήσοιεν
middle indicative ζήσομαι ζήσῃ,
ζήσει 		ζήσεται ζήσεσθον ζήσεσθον ζησόμεθᾰ ζήσεσθε ζήσονται
optative ζησοίμην ζήσοιο ζήσοιτο ζήσοισθον ζησοίσθην ζησοίμεθᾰ ζήσοισθε ζήσοιντο
active middle
infinitive ζήσειν ζήσεσθαι
participle m ζήσων ζησόμενος
f ζήσουσᾰ ζησομένη
n ζῆσον ζησόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Aorist: ἔζησᾰ, ἐζησᾰ́μην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔζησᾰ ἔζησᾰς ἔζησε(ν) ἐζήσᾰτον ἐζησᾰ́την ἐζήσᾰμεν ἐζήσᾰτε ἔζησᾰν
subjunctive ζήσω ζήσῃς ζήσῃ ζήσητον ζήσητον ζήσωμεν ζήσητε ζήσωσῐ(ν)
optative ζήσαιμῐ ζήσειᾰς,
ζήσαις 		ζήσειε(ν),
ζήσαι 		ζήσαιτον ζησαίτην ζήσαιμεν ζήσαιτε ζήσειᾰν,
ζήσαιεν
imperative   ζῆσον ζησᾰ́τω ζήσᾰτον ζησᾰ́των   ζήσᾰτε ζησᾰ́ντων
middle indicative ἐζησᾰ́μην ἐζήσω ἐζήσᾰτο ἐζήσᾰσθον ἐζησᾰ́σθην ἐζησᾰ́μεθᾰ ἐζήσᾰσθε ἐζήσᾰντο
subjunctive ζήσωμαι ζήσῃ ζήσηται ζήσησθον ζήσησθον ζησώμεθᾰ ζήσησθε ζήσωνται
optative ζησαίμην ζήσαιο ζήσαιτο ζήσαισθον ζησαίσθην ζησαίμεθᾰ ζήσαισθε ζήσαιντο
imperative   ζῆσαι ζησᾰ́σθω ζήσᾰσθον ζησᾰ́σθων   ζήσᾰσθε ζησᾰ́σθων
active middle
infinitive ζῆσαι ζήσᾰσθαι
participle m ζήσᾱς ζησᾰ́μενος
f ζήσᾱσᾰ ζησᾰμένη
n ζῆσᾰν ζησᾰ́μενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Perfect: ἔζηκᾰ
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔζηκᾰ ἔζηκᾰς ἔζηκε(ν) ἐζήκᾰτον ἐζήκᾰτον ἐζήκᾰμεν ἐζήκᾰτε ἐζήκᾱσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ἐζήκω ἐζήκῃς ἐζήκῃ ἐζήκητον ἐζήκητον ἐζήκωμεν ἐζήκητε ἐζήκωσῐ(ν)
optative ἐζήκοιμῐ,
ἐζηκοίην 		ἐζήκοις,
ἐζηκοίης 		ἐζήκοι,
ἐζηκοίη 		ἐζήκοιτον ἐζηκοίτην ἐζήκοιμεν ἐζήκοιτε ἐζήκοιεν
imperative   ἔζηκε ἐζηκέτω ἐζήκετον ἐζηκέτων   ἐζήκετε ἐζηκόντων
active
infinitive ἐζηκέναι
participle m ἐζηκώς
f ἐζηκυῖᾰ
n ἐζηκός
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: ζω (zo, “live”), ζήτω (zíto, “long live”)
  • Mariupol Greek: зу (zu)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505

Further reading

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