contr. de ζήω.

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

spring, spring (MT)