ζῷον
ζῷον,
τό,
A). living being, animal,
Hdt. 5.10 (of bees),
Ar. V. 551 ,
Pl. 443 , etc.;
πᾶν ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν ζῷον ἂν λέγοιτο Pl. Ti. 77b ;
ζῷα, opp.
φυτά,
Id. Phd. 70d ,
110e , etc.;
ζ. θαλάττιον, χερσαῖον,
Phld. Rh. 1.98S.; contemptuously,
ὅπως ἡ χώρα τοῦ τοιούτου ζῴου καθαρὰ γίγνηται may be free from this kind of
animal (i.e. beggars),
Pl. Lg. 936c ;
ζ. πονηρόν, of women,
Secund. Sent. 8 .
II). in art,
figure, image, not necessarily of animals (cf.
ζῴδιον)
, ζῷον δέ οἱ ἐνῆν, ἀνὴρ ἱππεύς Hdt. 3.88 : mostly in pl.,
ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν Id. 1.203 , cf.
2.4 ,
124 ,
148 ,
Pl. R. 515a , etc.;
ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου to have
pictures of the bridging of the Bosporus painted,
Hdt. 4.88 ; cf.
ζωγραφέω:
ζῷα ποιεῖν Plu. Per. 13 .
III). sign of the Zodiac,
Man. 2.166 .—The word is post-
Hom., no generic word used for
animal being found till after the middle of the fifth cent. B.C.(
ζώϊον Semon. 13 , whence Att.
ζῷον by contraction:
ι is found in
IG 12.372.42 , al.,
11(2).161 B 76 (Delos, iii B.C.),
Phld. Rh. 2.166S., and in codd. opt. in the Noun; the Adj.
ζωός (q.v.) had no
ι: for the compds. (exc.
ζωγλύφος, ζωγράφος) decisive evidence is lacking:
ζῳάγρια with
ι was read by
Aristarch. in
Il. 18.407 .)
ShortDef
a living being, animal
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ζῷον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ζωον
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-46485
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ζῷον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">living being, animal</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.10 </a> (of bees), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:551" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:551/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 551 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:443" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:443/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 443 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">πᾶν ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν ζῷον ἂν λέγοιτο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:77b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:77b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 77b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ζῷα</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">φυτά</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:70d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:70d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 70d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:110e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:110e/canonical-url/"> 110e </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ζ. θαλάττιον, χερσαῖον</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1.98S.</span>; contemptuously, <span class="foreign greek">ὅπως ἡ χώρα τοῦ τοιούτου ζῴου καθαρὰ γίγνηται</span> may be free from this kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">animal</span> (i.e. beggars), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:936c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:936c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 936c </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ζ. πονηρόν</span>, of women, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1521.tlg002:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Secund.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sent.</span> 8 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in art, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">figure, image</span>, not necessarily of animals (cf. <span class="foreign greek">ζῴδιον</span>) <span class="quote greek">, ζῷον δέ οἱ ἐνῆν, ἀνὴρ ἱππεύς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.88 </a> : mostly in pl., <span class="quote greek">ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:203" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.203/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.203 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.4/canonical-url/"> 2.4 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:124/canonical-url/"> 124 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:148" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:148/canonical-url/"> 148 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:515a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:515a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 515a </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου</span> to have <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pictures</span> of the bridging of the Bosporus painted, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.88 </a>; cf. <span class="foreign greek">ζωγραφέω</span>: <span class="quote greek">ζῷα ποιεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg012:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg012:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Per.</span> 13 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sign</span> of the Zodiac, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001:2:166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2583.tlg001:2.166/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Man.</span> 2.166 </a>.—The word is post-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, no generic word used for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">animal</span> being found till after the middle of the fifth cent. B.C.( <span class="quote greek">ζώϊον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0260.tlg001:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0260.tlg001:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Semon.</span> 13 </a> , whence Att. <span class="foreign greek">ζῷον</span> by contraction: <span class="itype greek">ι</span> is found in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.372.42 </span>, al.,<span class="bibl"> 11(2).161 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">B</span> 76 </span> (Delos, iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 2.166S.</span>, and in codd. opt. in the Noun; the Adj. <span class="foreign greek">ζωός</span> (q.v.) had no <span class="itype greek">ι</span>: for the compds. (exc. <span class="foreign greek">ζωγλύφος, ζωγράφος</span>) decisive evidence is lacking: <span class="foreign greek">ζῳάγρια</span> with <span class="itype greek">ι</span> was read by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristarch.</span> </span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:407" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.407/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.407 </a>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}