ζῶον in Ancient Greek

IPA: /zdɔ̂ː.on/, /ˈzo.on/, /ˈzo.on/, /zdɔ̂ː.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈzo.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈzo.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈzo.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈzo.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{grc-noun|ζώου|n|second}} ζῶον • (zôon) n (genitive ζώου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ζῶον|ζώου}} Forms: zôon [romanization], ζώου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ ζῶον [nominative, singular], ζώω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ ζῶᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ ζώου [genitive, singular], ζώοιν [dual, genitive], ζώων [genitive, plural], τῷ ζώῳ [dative, singular], ζώοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ζώοις [dative, plural], τὸ ζῶον [accusative, singular], ζώω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ ζῶᾰ [accusative, plural], ζῶον [singular, vocative], ζώω [dual, vocative], ζῶᾰ [plural, vocative]

Verb

Inflected forms

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"ζῶον" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun

Verb

Inflected forms