ζώο
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Greek
Alternative forms
- ζώον (zóon) (emphasis on interjection)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion), from Proto-Hellenic *ďṓyyon, from Pre-Hellenic *gʷyōwyon, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyeh₃w-y-om, from *gʷíh₃weti (“to live”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ζώο (zóo) | ζώα (zóa) |
| genitive | ζώου (zóou) | ζώων (zóon) |
| accusative | ζώο (zóo) | ζώα (zóa) |
| vocative | ζώο (zóo) | ζώα (zóa) |
vernacular nominative, accusative and vocative plural: ζα
Synonyms
- ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
- ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, “animal, figuratively: derogatory”) (colloquial)
- κτήνος m (ktínos, “domestic animal”)
Derived terms
- τα ζώα μου αργά (ta zóa mou argá, “very lazy”)
- βασιλιάς των ζώων (vasiliás ton zóon, “lion, king of beasts”)
Related terms
- see ζωο- (zoo-)
- βρομόζωο n (vromózoo, “dirty animal”)
- επιζωοτία f (epizootía, “epidemic of animals”)
- ζωανθρωπία f (zoanthropía, “zoanthropy”) (psychiatry)
- ζώδιο n (zódio, “astrological sign”)
- ζωικός (zoïkós, “of the animals”) and derivatives
- ζωντανό n (zontanó, “animal”) (colloquial)
- ζωντόβολο n (zontóvolo, “animal, figuratively: derogatory”) (colloquial)
- ζωόφιλος (zoófilos, “friend of animals”)
- ζωύφιο n (zoýfio, “small insect”)
- ζωώδης (zoódis, adjective)
- Μετάζωα n pl (Metázoa, “Metazoa”) (biology)
- Παράζωα n pl (Parázoa, “Parazoa”) (biology)
- Πρωτόζωα n pl (Protózoa, “Protozoa”) (biology)
- πειραματόζωο n (peiramatózoo, “guinea pig, animal as experimental subject”)
- Σπορόζωα n pl (Sporózoa, “Sporozoa”) (biology)
- φιλόζωος (filózoos, “friend of animals”)
- φιλοζωικός (filozoïkós, “of friend of animals”)
- ωοζωοτοκία f (oozootokía)
- ωοζωοτόκος (oozootókos)
- and see: ζωή f (zoḯ, “life”)
Further reading
ζώο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
