ἀείζωος

See also: ἀείζως

Ancient Greek

From ἀεί (aeí, “always”) +‎ ζωός (zōós, “living”).

ἀείζωος • (aeízōos) m or f (neuter ἀείζωον); second declension

ever-living, always living; continually alive
- c. 500 BCE, Heraclitus, fragment 30:
  πῦρ ἀείζωον
  pûr aeízōon
  ever-living fire
- c. 250 BCE – 170 BCE, Nicander, Alexipharmaca 174:
  πῦρ ἀείζωον
  pûr aeízōon
  ever-living fire
immortal (of gods or divine beings, emphasizing continual life rather than timeless existence)
- 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Iambi 1.265:
  οἱ ἀείζωοι
  hoi aeízōoi
  the immortals
(poetic, figurative) enduring, ever-present (of emotions or states)
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, fragment 741:
  ἀείζων πένθος
  aeízōn pénthos
  ever-present grief
- 470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 988:
  ἄχθος ἀείζων
  ákhthos aeízōn
  unceasing burden
(botany) evergreen
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Historia Plantarum 1.10.4:
  πόα ἀείζωον
  póa aeízōon
  evergreen plant
(nominalized, neuter) houseleek, Sempervivum
- AD 40–90, Dioscorides, De Materia Medica 4.88:
  ἀείζωον
  aeízōon
  houseleek
- AD 40–90, Dioscorides, De Materia Medica 4.89:
  ἀείζωον μέγα / ἀείζωον μικρόν
  aeízōon méga / aeízōon mikrón
  greater and lesser houseleek

Second declension of ᾰ̓είζωος; ᾰ̓είζωον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓είζωος ăeízōos		ᾰ̓είζωον ăeízōon	ᾰ̓ειζώω ăeizṓō		ᾰ̓ειζώω ăeizṓō	ᾰ̓είζωοι ăeízōoi		ᾰ̓είζωᾰ ăeízōă
Genitive	ᾰ̓ειζώου ăeizṓou		ᾰ̓ειζώου ăeizṓou	ᾰ̓ειζώοιν ăeizṓoin		ᾰ̓ειζώοιν ăeizṓoin	ᾰ̓ειζώων ăeizṓōn		ᾰ̓ειζώων ăeizṓōn
Dative	ᾰ̓ειζώῳ ăeizṓōi		ᾰ̓ειζώῳ ăeizṓōi	ᾰ̓ειζώοιν ăeizṓoin		ᾰ̓ειζώοιν ăeizṓoin	ᾰ̓ειζώοις ăeizṓois		ᾰ̓ειζώοις ăeizṓois
Accusative	ᾰ̓είζωον ăeízōon		ᾰ̓είζωον ăeízōon	ᾰ̓ειζώω ăeizṓō		ᾰ̓ειζώω ăeizṓō	ᾰ̓ειζώους ăeizṓous		ᾰ̓είζωᾰ ăeízōă
Vocative	ᾰ̓είζωε ăeízōe		ᾰ̓είζωον ăeízōon	ᾰ̓ειζώω ăeizṓō		ᾰ̓ειζώω ăeizṓō	ᾰ̓είζωοι ăeízōoi		ᾰ̓είζωᾰ ăeízōă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓ειζώως ăeizṓōs			ᾰ̓ειζωότερος ăeizōóteros			ᾰ̓ειζωότᾰτος ăeizōótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἀείζωος (aeízōos) denotes continuous or unceasing life (“ever-living”), not abstract timeless existence.
It is distinguished in ancient sources from ἀΐδιος (aḯdios), which denotes timeless or beginningless existence, and from αἰώνιος (aiṓnios), which denotes duration characterized by an αἰών (aiṓn, “age”).
In philosophical distinctions (e.g. Hermetic texts), ἀείζωος (aeízōos) refers to what lives perpetually, whereas ἀΐδιος (aḯdios) refers to what exists beyond temporal succession.

“ἀείζωος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀείζωος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀείζωος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀείζωος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)