A.living, i.e. one's substance, property, “ἦ γάρ οἱ ζ. γ᾽ ἦν ἄσπετος” Od.14.96; τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο ib.208; “κατὰ ζωὴν φαγέειν” 16.429; τὴν ζόην ποιέεσθαι or καταστήσασθαι ἀπὸ or ἐκ . . to get one's living by . . , Hdt.8.105, cf. 2.36, Arist.HA608b21; “ἐξ ἁλός” Theoc.Beren. 2.
2. after Hom., life, existence, opp. death, Tyrt.15.5, Pi.N.8.36, etc.; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς ib.9.29; “οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλγος οἷον ἡ πολλὴ ζόη” S.Fr.556; ζόας （ζωᾶς codd.) “βιοτά” E.HF664 (lyr.); “τοῦ βίου ζωή” Pl. Ti.44c; “ὁ τῆς ζ. χρόνος” SIG1210 (Calymna), etc.: as a term of affection, ζωή mylife! Juv.6.195: pl., “ζόαι” A.Fr.99.13; “ζωαί” LXXPs.62(63).3(4); μετὰ τὴν μίαν ζ. πολλαὶ ζ. Dam.Pr.100; “αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς ζ. καὶ δυνάμεις” Iamb.Comm.Math.3.
II. ζωή,= “γραῦς” 11, the scum on milk, Eust.906.52; ζόη: τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος, Hsch. [The form ζόη (paroxyt.) is required by the metre in trimeters in S.Fr.556, E.Hec.1108, and in lyrics S. Fr.592, E.Med.976, al., ζωή never: ζόη in other Poets, Call.Fr.114, Theoc.Ep.18.9, Herod.10.4.] (For the root, cf. ζῶ: fancifully connected with ζέω and ζητέω, Dam.Pr.81: in signf. 11 ζόη prob. fr. ζέω.)
