A.“ζῆ” S.Fr.167, E.IT 699, ζῆθι (as if from ζῆμι, cf. EM l.c.) Pherecr.11 D., Men.Mon. 191, AP10.43, “σύ-ζηθι” 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; 3pl. “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, AP7.470 (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, IG12(8).600.9 (Thasos), and Trag. (in lyr.), S.El.157, OC1213, cf. BCH47.95 (Cavalla), Bull.Soc.Arch.Bulg.7.13 (Macedonia); subj. “ζώῃ” IG12(8).262.12 (Thasos, v B.C.), 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” IG11(4).1299 (Delos): pf. part. “ἐζωκότα” BMus.Inscr.1009 (Cyzicus); inf. “ζόειν” Semon.1.17: impf. “ζόεν” AP13.21 (Theodorid.). (Root g[uglide]iē-, g[uglide]iō- also in βίος and ὑγιής (q.v.).)
I. prop. of animal life, live, Hom. (v. infr.), etc.; also of plants, “τὸ ζῆν κοινὸν εἶναι φαίνεται καὶ τοῖς φυτοῖς” Arist.EN1097b33; 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.Pax850, 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.Ion646, 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” OGI515.57 (Mylasa, iii A.D.); 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 . . ib.Nu.14.21; ζῇ κύριος, εἰ . . , ὅτι . . , ib.1 Ki.19.6, 29.6; ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ οἶδα ib.17.55.
2. = 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.OC799; “ζ. δοῦλος” Id.OT410; ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων ὧν ἔζης from the other acts of your life, D.21.134; ποιεῖσθαι φθόνον ἐξ ὧν ζῇς ib.196.
II. 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 Cilies and Bishoprics 2p.565 (Phryg.); “θεὸς ζῶν” LXXDe.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.OT482; ἀεὶ ζῇ ταῦτα [νόμιμα] Id.Ant.457; τὰς ξυμφορὰς τῶν βουλευμάτων ζώσας μάλιστα have most living power, Id.OT45; “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, LXXNu.5.17 (and metaph., Ev.Jo.4.10); “ζώσης φωνῆς” Cic.Att.2.12.2.