# ζωή
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* ζόα (zóa), ζωά (zōá) — Doric
* ζόη (zóē) — Ionic
* ζοΐα (zoḯa) — Aeolic

### Etymology

From ζῶ (zô, “to live”) +‎ -η (-ē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/ → /zoˈi/ → /zoˈi/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /zoˈe̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /zoˈi/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /zoˈi/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /zoˈi/

### Noun

ζωή • (zōḗ) f (genitive ζωῆς); first declension
* a living, property
* life

#### Related terms

* ζῷον (zôion)

#### Descendants

* Greek: ζωή (zoḯ)

#### See also

* βίος (bíos)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώω (> DER > ζωή)”, 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

* “ζωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ζωή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “ζωή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* ζωή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* ζωή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* G2222 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. existence idem, page 292.life idem, page 489.

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zoˈi/
* Hyphenation: ζω‧ή

### Noun

ζωή • (zoḯ) f (plural ζωές)
* life
* lifetime

#### Synonyms

* (life, lifetime): βίος m (víos)

#### Antonyms

* θάνατος m (thánatos, “death”)

#### Derived terms

* see: ζω (zo, “to live”)
* εφ’ όρου ζωής (ef’ órou zoḯs, “for life”)
* ζωή και κότα f (zoḯ kai kóta, “good life, carefree life”)
* ζωή σε λόγου σας (zoḯ se lógou sas, “literally: life to you; (my) condolences”) (colloquial)
* σκυλίσια ζωή f (skylísia zoḯ, “dog's life”)
* φιλί της ζωής (filí tis zoḯs, “kiss of life”)

#### Related terms

* see ζωο- (zoo-) and
* αζωικός (azoïkós, “azoic, without life”) (geology)
* άζωος (ázoos, “without life”)
* άζωτο n (ázoto, “nitrogen”)
* αναζωογονώ (anazoogonó, “renew, revive”) (and derivatives)
* ανθρωποζωικός (anthropozoïkós, “Anthropozoic”) (geology)
* αρτίζωος (artízoos, “with short life”) (medicine)
* ζείδωρος (zeídoros, “renewing, reviving”, adjective)
* ζω (zo, “live, exist”)
* ζωγραφίζω (zografízo, “I paint”) (and derivatives)
* ζώδιο n (zódio, “astrological sign”)
* ζωηράδα f (zoïráda, “liveliness”)
* ζωηρεύω (zoïrévo, “become livelier”)
* ζωηρός (zoïrós, “lively”) (and derivatives)
* ζωικός (zoïkós, “of the animals”) (and derivatives)
* ζων (zon, “living”, participle masculine, neuter), feminine: ζώσα (zósa) (formal)
* ζωντάνεμα n (zontánema, “reviving”)
* ζωντανεύω (zontanévo, “come/bring to life”)
* ζωντάνια f (zontánia, “being lively”)
* ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
* ζωντανός (zontanós, “alive”)
* ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, “animal, figuratively: derogatory”) (colloquial)
* ζωντοχήρος m (zontochíros, “divorced man”), feminine: ζωντοχήρα (zontochíra) (informal)
* ζώο n (zóo, “animal”) (and derivatives)
* ζωο- (zoo-)
* ζώπυρο n (zópyro)
* ζωτικός (zotikós, “vital”)
* λιγόζωος (ligózoos, “with short life”), ολιγόζωος (“with short life”)
* ξαναζωντανεύω (xanazontanévo, “come/bring to life again”)
* ολοζώντανος (olozóntanos, “very much alive”)
* υλοζωισμός m (ylozoïsmós, “hylozoism”) (philosophy)
* φυτοζωώ (fytozoó, “doing without”)