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                    "description": "(<i>contr.<\/i> fr. ζώω ; ζάω only in Gramm., <i>EM<\/i> 410.38), ζῇς (Choerob. <i>in Theod.<\/i> 2.28), ζῇ, ζῆτε (but ζῆς, ζῆ acc. to Anon. ap. <i>EM<\/i> 410.48, Sophronius ap. Choerob. <i>in Theod.<\/i> 2.416); <i>imper.<\/i> ζῆ S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 167, E. <i>IT<\/i> 699, ζῆθι (as if from ζῆμι, cf. <i>EM l.c.<\/i>) Pherecr. 11 D., Men. <i>Mon.<\/i> 191, <i>AP<\/i> 10.43, σύζηθι Philem. ap. <i>Et. Gen.<\/i> s.v. ζῆ ; <i>opt.<\/i> ζῴην ; <i>inf.<\/i> ζῆν ; <i>impf.<\/i> ἔζων S. <i>El.<\/i> 323, Ar. <i>Ra.<\/i> 1072; ἔζην in most codd. of D. 24.7 is a form suggested by ἔζης, ἔζη ; <i>3 pl.<\/i> ἔζων Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 709, Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 679c; <i>fut.<\/i> ζήσω Ar. <i>Pl.<\/i> 263, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 465d, Men. <i>Mon.<\/i> 186, [Epich.] 267, ζήσομαι Hp. <i>Nat. Puer.<\/i> 30, D. 25.82, Arist. <i>Pol.<\/i> 1327b5; <i>aor.1<\/i> ἔζησα Hp. <i>Prog.<\/i> 1, <i>AP<\/i> 7.470 (Mel.), Plu. 2.786a, etc. ; <i>pf.<\/i> ἔζηκα Arist. <i>Metaph.<\/i> 1048b25, D.H. 5.68, etc. ; but in <i>Att. aor. and pf.<\/i> are mostly supplied from βιόω. - Exc. part. ζῶντος, <i>Il.<\/i> 1.88, Hom. always uses the <i>Ep. Ion. Lyr. pres.<\/i> ζώω (also in Pi. <i>O.<\/i> 2.25, Hdt. 7.46, al., Diog. Apoll. 4, Herod. 2.29, IG 12(8).600.9 (Thasos), and Trag. (in lyr.), S. <i>El.<\/i> 157, <i>OC<\/i> 1213, cf. <i>BCH<\/i> 47.95 (Cavalla), Bull. Soc. Arch. Bulg. 7.13 (Macedonia); <i>subj.<\/i> ζώῃ IG 12(8).262.12 (Thasos, v BC), cf. Schwyzer 339, al. (Delph.), <i>contr.<\/i> ζῷ <i>Berl.Sitzb.<\/i> 1927.161 (Cyrene); <i>Cret.<\/i> δώω <i>Leg. Gort.<\/i> 4.21, al.); <i>inf.<\/i> ζωέμεναι, έμεν, <i>Od.<\/i> 7.140, 24.436; <i>impf.<\/i> ἔζωον 22.245, Hes. <i>Op.<\/i> 112, Hdt. 4.112; Ion. ζώεσκον Hes. <i>Op.<\/i> 90, Bion 1.30; <i>aor.1<\/i> ἔζωσα (ἐπ-) Hdt. 1.120; <i>inf.<\/i> ζῶσαι IG 11(4).1299 (Delos); <i>pf. part.<\/i> ἐζωκότα <i>BMus.Inscr.<\/i> 1009 (Cyzicus); <i>inf.<\/i> ζόειν Semon. 1.17; <i>impf.<\/i> ζόεν <i>AP<\/i> 13.21 (Theodorid.). (Root <i>g<sup>u<\/sup>iē-, g<sup>u<\/sup>iō-<\/i> also in βίος and ὑγιής.)<br\/>prop. of animal life, <b>live<\/b>, Hom. (v. infr.), etc. ; also of plants, τὸ ζῆν κοινὸν εἶναι φαίνεται καὶ τοῖς φυτοῖς Arist. <i>EN<\/i> 1097b33; ἐλέγχιστε ζωόντων vilest <b>of living men<\/b>, <i>Od.<\/i> 10.72; ζώειν καὶ ὁρᾶν φάος ἠελίοιο <i>Il.<\/i> 24.558; ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο 1.88, cf. <i>Od.<\/i> 16.439; ζῶν καὶ βλέπων A. <i>Ag.<\/i> 677; ζώει τε καὶ ἔστιν <i>Od.<\/i> 24.263; ζώντων καὶ ὄντων D. 18.72; τοῦ εἶναί τε καὶ ζῆν ἕνεκα Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 369d; ζῶσα πόλις καὶ ἐγρηγορυῖα Id. <i>Lg.<\/i> 809d; ζῶν καὶ ἔμψυχος Id. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 276a; ῥεῖα ζώοντες <b>living<\/b> at ease, of the gods, <i>Il.<\/i> 6.138, al. ; ζῶν κατακαυθῆναι to be burnt <b>alive<\/b>, Hdt. 1.86; c. acc. temp., ζ. ἤματα πάντα <i>h.Ven.<\/i> 221, etc. ; ὀλίγα ἔτεα Hdt. 3.22; c. dat. modi, δμῶες… ἄλλα τε πολλὰ οἷσίν τ’ εὖ ζώουσι whereby men <b>live<\/b> in comfort, <i>Od.<\/i> 17.423, cf. D. 60.5; κοράκων πονηρίᾳ Ar. <i>Th.<\/i> 868; ἐπὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις ἔργοις, ἐπὶ τοῖς παροῦσιν ἀγαθοῖς, And. 1.100, Isoc. 10.18; also ζῆν ἀπό τινος <b>to live on<\/b> a thing, Thgn. 1156, Hdt. 1.216, 2.36, 4.22, Ar. <i>Pax<\/i> 850, etc. ; ἔκ τινος Id. <i>Ec.<\/i> 591, D. 57.36, 1 Ep. Cor. 9.14; c. part., ζῆν συκοφαντῶν And. 1.99; ἐργαζόμενοι Arist. <i>Pol.<\/i> 1292b27; c. dat. commodi, ζῆν ἑαυτῷ <b>for<\/b> oneself, <font color='darkorange'>dub.l.<\/font> in E. <i>Ion<\/i> 646, cf. Ar. <i>Pl.<\/i> 470, Men. 507; τὸ ζῆν, = ζωή, A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 681, Pl. <i>Phd.<\/i> 77d (without Art. εἰς ἕτερον ζ. Id. <i>Ax.<\/i> 365d); διὰ παντὸς τοῦ ζῆν Ep. Hebr. 2.15; also, <b>a living<\/b>, τὸ ζ. οὐκ ἔχομεν OGI 515.57 (Mylasa, iii AD); ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς <b>long live<\/b> the king, LXX 1 Ki. 10.24; βασιλεῦ, εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζῆθι <i>ib.<\/i> Da. 3.9; asseverations, ζῶ ἐγώ, καὶ ζῶν τὸ ὄνομά μου, καί. LXX Nu. 14.21; ζῇ κύριος, εἰ…, ὅτι…, <i>ib.<\/i> 1 Ki. 19.6, 29.6; ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ οἶδα <i>ib.<\/i> 17.55. = βιόω, <b>live, pass one΄s life<\/b>, c. acc. cogn., ζώεις δ’ ἀγαθὸν βίον <i>Od.<\/i> 15.491; ζ. βίον μοχθηρόν S. <i>El.<\/i> 599, cf. E. <i>Med.<\/i> 249, Ar. <i>V.<\/i> 506, etc. ; ζόην τὴν αὐτήν Hdt. 4.112, cf. Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 344e; τὸν βίον ἀσφαλῶς Philem. 213.5; ἥδιστον ἀνθρώπων βίον S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 583.4; νυμφίων βίον Ar. <i>Av.<\/i> 161; also ζ. ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ S. <i>El.<\/i> 650, cf. <i>Tr.<\/i> 168; εὖ ζῆν Id. <i>Ph.<\/i> 505; κακῶς Id. <i>OC<\/i> 799; ζ. δοῦλος Id. <i>OT<\/i> 410; ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν ἔζης from the other <b>acts of your life<\/b>, D. 21.134; ποιεῖσθαι φθόνον ἐξ ὧν ζῇς <i>ib.<\/i> 196. <i>aor.1<\/i> ἔζησα, causal, <b>quicken<\/b>, ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ σου ζῆσόν με LXX Ps. 118 (119).37, al.<br\/><b>live<\/b> in the fullest sense, δι’ ὧν ζῆν ἐπιστάμεθα X. <i>Mem.<\/i> 3.3.11, etc. ; βιοὺς μὲν ἔτη τόσα, ζήσας δὲ ἔτη ἑπτά D.C. 69.19; in religious or mystical sense, Ep. Rom. 7.9, al., cf. Ramsay <i>Cities and Bishopries<\/i> 2 p. 565 (Phryg.); θεὸς ζῶν LXX De. 5.26 (23), etc. ; freq. <i>metaph<\/i> of things, <b>to be in full vigour<\/b>, ὄλβος ζώει μάσσων Pi. <i>I.<\/i> 3.5; ἄτης θύελλαι ζῶσι A. <i>Ag.<\/i> 819; ζῶντι χρώμενος ποδί S. <i>Fr.<\/i> 790; [μαντεῖα] αἰεὶ ζῶντα περιποτᾶται Id. <i>OT<\/i> 482; ἀεὶ ζῇ ταῦτα [νόμιμα] Id. <i>Ant.<\/i> 457; τὰς ξυμφορὰς τῶν βουλευμάτων ζώσας μάλιστα <b>have<\/b> most <b>living power<\/b>, Id. <i>OT<\/i> 45; λόγια ζῶντα Act. Ap. 7.38; χρόνῳ τῷ ζῶντι καὶ παρόντι S. <i>Tr.<\/i> 1169; ζῶσα φλόξ <b>living<\/b> fire, E. <i>Ba.<\/i> 8; ὕδωρ ζῶν <b>spring<\/b> water, LXX Nu. 5.17 (and <i>metaph<\/i>, Ev. Jo. 4.10); ζώσης φωνῆς Cic. <i>Att.<\/i> 2.12.2."
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