ζωογον-έω,
propagate or engender living creatures, of inanimate substances, ἡ φύσις ζ. [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 3.22.3, compare “HP” 8.11.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+] (so in middle, [[ [prev. author] “CP” 3.24.3), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 835b26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of animals, breed, like{ζωοτοκέω}, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.88, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.494c] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mirabilia” 832a14 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, engender [στοιχεῖον] ἕκαστον ἀπὸ ἑτέρου -εῖται [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 162.17. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II to be viviparous, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.14.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; produce alive, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 19 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ζ. παρθένον, of Zeus, producing Pallas alive from his head, [[ [prev. author] “DDeor.” 8, compare 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.23. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 make alive, quicken, τι [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.15.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 311, 6th-7th c.AD: Isidorus Hispalensis Grammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.93f: _metaphorically_, σωφροσύνη ζ. τὸ φρονοῦν 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.378, compare 435. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 ={ζωγρέω}, preserve alive, [[ LXX.Exo.1.17, “1 Ki.” 27.9 ] LXX]; κύριος θανατοῖ καὶ ζ[[. [prev. work] 2.6, cf. NT.Luke.17.33 ] NT]:—passive, [[ NT.Act.7.19. ] NT]