From Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os, from *gʷeyh₃-, whence also βίος (bíos).
ζωός • (zōós) m (feminine ζωή, neuter ζωόν); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ζωός zōós |
ζωή zōḗ |
ζωόν zōón |
ζωώ zōṓ |
ζωᾱ́ zōā́ |
ζωώ zōṓ |
ζωοί zōoí |
ζωαί zōaí |
ζωᾰ́ zōá | |||||
Genitive | ζωοῦ zōoû |
ζωῆς zōês |
ζωοῦ zōoû |
ζωοῖν zōoîn |
ζωαῖν zōaîn |
ζωοῖν zōoîn |
ζωῶν zōôn |
ζωῶν zōôn |
ζωῶν zōôn | |||||
Dative | ζωῷ zōôi |
ζωῇ zōêi |
ζωῷ zōôi |
ζωοῖν zōoîn |
ζωαῖν zōaîn |
ζωοῖν zōoîn |
ζωοῖς zōoîs |
ζωαῖς zōaîs |
ζωοῖς zōoîs | |||||
Accusative | ζωόν zōón |
ζωήν zōḗn |
ζωόν zōón |
ζωώ zōṓ |
ζωᾱ́ zōā́ |
ζωώ zōṓ |
ζωούς zōoús |
ζωᾱ́ς zōā́s |
ζωᾰ́ zōá | |||||
Vocative | ζωέ zōé |
ζωή zōḗ |
ζωόν zōón |
ζωώ zōṓ |
ζωᾱ́ zōā́ |
ζωώ zōṓ |
ζωοί zōoí |
ζωαί zōaí |
ζωᾰ́ zōá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ζωῶς zōôs |
ζωότερος zōóteros |
ζωότᾰτος zōótatos | ||||||||||||
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