ζωός

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os, from *gʷeyh₃-, whence also βίος (bíos).^[1]

ζωός • (zōós) m (feminine ζωή, neuter ζωόν); first/second declension

First and second declension of ζωός; ζωή; ζωόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
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 zōắ
Genitive	ζωοῦ zōoû	ζωῆς zōês	ζωοῦ zōoû	ζωοῖν zōoîn	ζωαῖν zōaîn	ζωοῖν zōoîn	ζωῶν zōôn	ζωῶν zōôn	ζωῶν zōôn
Dative	ζωῷ zōōî	ζωῇ zōēî	ζωῷ zōōî	ζωοῖν zōoîn	ζωαῖν zōaîn	ζωοῖν zōoîn	ζωοῖς ζωοῖσῐ ζωοῖσῐν zōoîs zōoîsĭ zōoîsĭn	ζωῇσῐ ζωῇσῐν zōēîsĭ zōēîsĭn	ζωοῖς ζωοῖσῐ ζωοῖσῐν zōoîs zōoîsĭ zōoîsĭn
Accusative	ζωόν zōón	ζωήν zōḗn	ζωόν zōón	ζωώ zōṓ	ζωᾱ́ zōā́	ζωώ zōṓ	ζωούς zōoús	ζωᾱ́ς zōā́s	ζωᾰ́ zōắ
Vocative	ζωέ zōé	ζωή zōḗ	ζωόν zōón	ζωώ zōṓ	ζωᾱ́ zōā́	ζωώ zōṓ	ζωοί zōoí	ζωαί zōaí	ζωᾰ́ zōắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ζωῶς zōôs			ζωότερος zōóteros			ζωότᾰτος zōótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ζώω (> DER > 2. ζωός)”, 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