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ζωός

zoos

alive, living

Appears 59 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ζωός (without ι, cf. Schwyzer 436.2 (Crimisa, v/iv B.C.), Cret. δωός Leg.Gort. 3.41, Cypr. pr. n. Ζωϝόθεμις Schwyzer 684 (v B.C.)), ή, όν, (ζῶ) A. alive, living, Pi. P. 4.209, Hdt. 2.70, etc.; οὐ . . ζωοῦ οὐδὲ θανόντος Od. 17.115; ζωὸν ἑλεῖν τινα to take prisoner, Il. 6.38; ζωὸν λαβεῖν X. HG 1.2.5; cf. ζωγρέω: metaph., ζωὸν δὲ φθιμένων . . κλέος A. Eleg. 3. —Also ζώς Il. 5.887, 16.445, Hdt. 1.194, JRS 15.145,148 (Cotiaeum) (ζῶς Ptol.Ascal., ζώς Hdn.Gr.2.53; on the other cases, ib.712); ζοός Archil. 63, Epich. 189, Berl.Sitzb. 1927.161 (Cyrene), Theoc. 2.5 (ζόος in Epich. l.c., Hdn.Gr.2.947).
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