Ζωή

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From ζωή (zōḗ), fashioned as a personal name after Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā, “Eve”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ζωή • (Zōḗ) f (genitive Ζωῆς); first declension

Zoe

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ζωή; τῆς Ζωῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ζωή hē Zōḗ
Genitive	τῆς Ζωῆς tês Zōês
Dative	τῇ Ζωῇ têi Zōêi
Accusative	τὴν Ζωήν tḕn Zōḗn
Vocative	Ζωή Zōḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek

Proper noun

Ζωή • (Zoḯ) f (plural Zoḯ)

a female given name, the Greek form of Zoë, Zoe

Declension

Declension of Ζωή

	singular	plural
nominative	Ζωή •	Ζωές •
genitive	Ζωής •	Ζωών •
accusative	Ζωή •	Ζωές •
vocative	Ζωή •	Ζωές •

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