ζωογονέω-ῶ :
   I produire un être vivant, d’où engendrer des êtres vivants, TH. C.P. 3, 22, 3 ; particul. en parl. de Zeus faisant sortir de sa tête Pallas vivante, LUC. D. deor. 8 ;
   II.1 rendre vivant, faire vivre, TH. C.P. 4, 15, 2 ; au pass. recevoir la vie, vivre, ARSTT. fr. 294 ; ISID. CHAR. (ATH. 93 d) ;
      2 conserver vivant, SPT. Ex. 1, 17, 18 et 22 ; Jud. 8, 19 ; 1Reg. 27, 9 et 11 ; 2Reg. 7, 4 ; NT. Luc. 17, 33 ;
      3 faire revivre, SPT. 1Reg. 2, 6.

Étym. ζωογόνος.

propagate or engender living creatures, of inanimate substances, ἡ φύσις ζ. Thphr. CP 3.22.3, cf. HP 8.11.2 (so in Med., Id. CP 3.24.3), Arist. Mir. 835b26; of animals, breed, like ζωοτοκέω, D.S. 1.88, Plu. 2.494c; — Pass., Arist. Mir. 832a14; generally, engender [στοιχεῖον] ἕκαστον ἀπὸ ἑτέρου ζωογονεῖται Vett.Val. 162.17.
to be viviparous, Thphr. HP 7.14.3; produce alive, Luc. Am. 19; ζ. παρθένον, of Zeus, producing Pallas alive from his head, Id. DDeor. 8, cf. D.S. 1.23.
make alive, quicken, τι Thphr. CP 4.15.2; — Pass., Arist. Fr. 311, Isid. ap. Ath. 2.93f; metaph, σωφροσύνη ζ. τὸ φρονοῦν Ph. 2.378, cf. 435. = ζωγρέω, preserve alive, LXX Ex. 1.17, 1 Ki. 27.9; κύριος θανατοῖ καὶ ζ. ib. 2.6, cf. Ev. Luc. 17.33; — Pass., Act. Ap. 7.19.

ζωογονέω, -ῶ
(< ζωός, alive, γένεσθαι), [in LXX Exo.1:17-18, 22, Jdg.8:19, 1Ki.2:6 27:9 27:11, 3Ki.20:31, 4Ki.7:4 (חָיָה pi., hi.), Lev.11:47 (חַי)* ;]
__1. in cl., to engender, produce alive, endue with life.
__2. In LXX. and NT, to preserve alive (DCG, ii, 606; Cremer, 274): Luk.17:33, Act.7:19, 1Ti.6:13 (EV, quickeneth; R, mg., preserveth).†
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