ζώω (zoo): all forms
ζώω means “live”. Below is its full conjugation in Ancient Greek.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ζώω | ζώω | ζώοιμι | |
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| 2nd singular | ζώεις | ζώῃς | ζώοις | ζῶε |
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| 3rd singular | ζώει | ζώῃ | ζώοι | ζωέτω |
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| 1st plural | ζώομεν | ζώωμεν | ζώοιμεν | |
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| 2nd plural | ζώετε | ζώητε | ζώοιτε | ζώετε |
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| 3rd plural | ζώουσι(ν) | ζώωσι(ν) | ζώοιεν | ζωόντων · ζωέτωσαν |
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Present middle/passive
Present middle/passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Optative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | ζώομαι | ζώωμαι | ζωοίμην | |
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| 2nd singular | ζώῃ · ζώει | ζώῃ | ζώοιο | ζώου |
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| 3rd singular | ζώεται | ζώηται | ζώοιτο | ζωέσθω |
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| 1st plural | ζωόμεθα | ζωώμεθα | ζωοίμεθα | |
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| 2nd plural | ζώεσθε | ζώησθε | ζώοισθε | ζώεσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ζώονται | ζώωνται | ζώοιντο | ζωέσθων · ζωέσθωσαν |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἔζωον |
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| 2nd singular | ἔζωες |
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| 3rd singular | ἔζωε(ν) |
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| 1st plural | ἐζώομεν |
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| 2nd plural | ἐζώετε |
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| 3rd plural | ἔζωον |
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Imperfect middle/passive
Imperfect middle/passive | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | ἐζωόμην |
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| 2nd singular | ἐζώου |
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| 3rd singular | ἐζώετο |
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| 1st plural | ἐζωόμεθα |
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| 2nd plural | ἐζώεσθε |
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| 3rd plural | ἐζώοντο |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Middle/passive |
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| Present | ζώειν | ζώεσθαι |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ζώων | ζώουσα | ζῶον |
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| Genitive | ζώοντος | ζωούσης | ζώοντος |
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| Dative | ζώοντι | ζωούσῃ | ζώοντι |
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| Accusative | ζώοντα | ζώουσαν | ζῶον |
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| Vocative | ζῶον | ζώουσα | ζῶον |
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Present active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ζώοντες | ζώουσαι | ζώοντα |
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| Genitive | ζωόντων | ζωουσῶν | ζωόντων |
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| Dative | ζώουσι(ν) | ζωούσαις | ζώουσι(ν) |
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| Accusative | ζώοντας | ζωούσας | ζώοντα |
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| Vocative | ζώοντες | ζώουσαι | ζώοντα |
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Present middle/passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ζωόμενος | ζωομένη | ζωόμενον |
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| Genitive | ζωομένου | ζωομένης | ζωομένου |
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| Dative | ζωομένῳ | ζωομένῃ | ζωομένῳ |
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| Accusative | ζωόμενον | ζωομένην | ζωόμενον |
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| Vocative | ζωόμενε | ζωομένη | ζωόμενον |
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Present middle/passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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| Nominative | ζωόμενοι | ζωόμεναι | ζωόμενα |
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| Genitive | ζωομένων | ζωομένων | ζωομένων |
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| Dative | ζωομένοις | ζωομέναις | ζωομένοις |
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| Accusative | ζωομένους | ζωομένας | ζωόμενα |
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| Vocative | ζωόμενοι | ζωόμεναι | ζωόμενα |
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Meaning and examples of ζώω
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.