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βιόω βίος

to live, pass one's life (whereas ζάω properly means to live, exist), Il., etc.; ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὧν αὐτὸς βεβίωκεν from the very actions of his own life, Dem.; hence in Pass., τὰ σοὶ κἀμοὶ βεβιωμένα the actions of our life, id=Dem.; impers., βεβίωταί μοι I have lived, Lat. vixi, id=Dem.:—Mid. in act. sense, Hdt.

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