ζῷα (zoa)

ζῷα is an Ancient Greek form of ζῷον, meaning “living creature, animal”. It is the nominative plural neuter noun.

It can also be a form of ζώιον, “animal, living creature”.

Found 359 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 1.prol.10: … καὶ ὑπὲρ δικαιοσύνης. φάσκειν τε ἀρχὴν μὲν εἶναι τὴν ὕλην, εἶτα τὰ τέσσαρα στοιχεῖα ἐξ αὐτῆς διακριθῆναι, καὶ ζῷα παντοῖα ἀποτελεσθῆναι. θεοὺς δʼ εἶναι ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην, τὸν μὲν Ὄσιριν, τὴν δʼ Ἶσιν καλουμένην· αἰνίττεσθαί …

Lucian of Samosata, De Syria dea 49: … νδε ποιέουσιν. δένδρεα μεγάλα ἐκκόψαντες τῇ αὐλῇ ἑστᾶσι, μετὰ δὲ ἀγινέοντες αἶγάς τε καὶ ὄϊας καὶ ἄλλα κτήνεα ζῳὰ ἐκ τῶν δενδρέων ἀπαρτέουσιν· ἐν δὲ καὶ ὄρνιθες καὶ εἵματα καὶ χρύσεα καὶ ἀργύρεα ποιήματα. ἐπεὰν δὲ ἐντελέα π …

Lucian of Samosata, Prometheus es in verbis 1: … δικαιότερον ὑμεῖς ἂν εἰκάζοισθε τῷ Προμηθεῖ, ὁπόσοι ἐν δίκαις εὐδοκιμεῖτε ξὺν ἀληθείᾳ ποιούμενοι τοὺς ἀγῶνας. ζῶα γοῦν ὡς ἀληθῶς καὶ ἔμψυχα ὑμῖν τὰ ἔργα, καὶ νὴ Δία καὶ τὸ θερμὸν αὐτῶν ἐστι διάπυρον· καὶ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ Προμηθ …

All forms of ζῷον (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.