ζῷον,τό,
A. living being, animal, Hdt. 5.10 (of bees), Ar. V. 551 , Pl. 443 , etc.; πᾶν ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν ζῷον ἂν λέγοιτο
Pl. Ti. 77b
;ζῷα, opp.φυτά, Id. Phd. 70d , 110e , etc.;ζ. θαλάττιον, χερσαῖον, Phld. Rh. 1.98S. ; contemptuously,ὅπως ἡ χώρα τοῦ τοιούτου ζῴου καθαρὰ γίγνηταιmay be free from this kind ofanimal(i.e. beggars), Pl. Lg. 936c ;ζ. πονηρόν, of women, Secund. Sent. 8 .
II. in art,figure, image, not necessarily of animals (cf.ζῴδιον) , ζῷον δέ οἱ ἐνῆν, ἀνὴρ ἱππεύς
Hdt. 3.88
: mostly in pl., ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐγγράφειν
Id. 1.203
, cf. 2.4 , 124 , 148 , Pl. R. 515a , etc.;ζῷα γράψασθαι τὴν ζεῦξιν τοῦ Βοσπόρουto havepicturesof the bridging of the Bosporus painted, Hdt. 4.88 ; cf.ζωγραφέω: ζῷα ποιεῖν
Plu. Per. 13
.
III. signof the Zodiac, Man. 2.166 .—The word is post- Hom. , no generic word used foranimalbeing found till after the middle of the fifth cent. B.C. ( ζώϊον