ζῷον
ζῷον
as if contr. from ζώϊον
a living being, animal, Hdt., Ar., etc.
in painting and sculpture, a figure, image, not necessarily of animals, Hdt.; mostly in pl., ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν Hdt., Plat., etc.; ζῷα γράφεσθαι, ζωγραφεῖν, with a second acc. of the thing painted, ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου to have the passage of the Bosporus painted, Hdt.
Headword (normalized):
ζῷον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ζωον
Intro Text:
ζῷον
as if contr. from ζώϊον
a living being, animal, Hdt., Ar., etc.
in painting and sculpture, a figure, image, not necessarily of animals, Hdt.; mostly in pl., ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν Hdt., Plat., etc.; ζῷα γράφεσθαι, ζωγραφεῖν, with a second acc. of the thing painted, ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρου to have the passage of the Bosporus painted, Hdt.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n14519
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