to give life 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
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to give life 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
living thing ζῷον, τό, living being, animal, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.10 (of bees), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 551, “Pl.” 443, etc.; πᾶν ὅ τι περ ἂν μετάσχῃ τοῦ ζῆν ζῷον ἂ
to make alive ζωοποι-έω, = ζωογονέω [[ 1, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 555b9;= ζωογονέω 11.2, [prev. author] “GA” 730a2, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Pl
restoring to life ζωοποί-ησις, εως, ἡ, making alive,[[LXX.2Esd.9.8. ] LXX]
to enliven ζωόω, impregnate, ζωοῦσα θορή [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.5 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “ad Gaurum -
to enliven ζωπῠρ-έω, (ζώπυρον) kindle into flame, cause to blaze up, ζ. τοὺς ἄνθρακας [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 71; τὸ πνεῦμα ζ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Igne” 27 ] Refs 4th
girdedness ζῶσις, εως, ἡ, (ζώννυμι) girding on, cincture, σάκκων [[ LXX.Isa.22.12. ] LXX]
true to life ζωτικός, ή, όν, (ζῶ) fit for giving or maintaining life, ἐπιθυμία [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91b; δυνάμιες 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100d, compare 1st c.
or ἤ, Epic dialect also ἠέ (in signification [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 11 ἤ (or ἠέ) followed by ἦ (or ἦε), see below)] Refs 4th c.BC+], conjunction with two chief senses, Disj. (or) and com
surely ἦ, adverb, never in the form ἦε (ἠέ): __I TO CONFIRM an assertion, in truth, of a surety, ἦ ὀλίγον οἷ παῖδα ἐοικότα γείνατο Τυδεύς [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.800, etc.; iron
Hé
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to govern ἡγεμον-εύω, Doric dialect ἁγ-, lead the way, προτὶ Ἴλιον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.92 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρὸς δώματα, ἀγορήνδε, λέχοσδε, δεῦρο, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Home
flagship ἡγεμόν-η, Doric dialect ἁγ- [[ “JHS” 3.353 (Aetol.), _feminine_ of ἡγεμών] Refs]:— queen, epithet of Artemis, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 227, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus L
reign ἡγεμον-ία, ἡ, leading the way, going first, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.93 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ τῶν δυναστευόντων ἡ. by their example, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 711c.
govenor ἡγεμον-ίδης, ου,.ὁ, ={ἡγεμών}, [[ LXX.2Mac.13.24. ] LXX]
governing ἡγεμον-ικός, ή, όν, of or for a leader, ready to lead or guide, πρός τι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.14 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὰ πονηρά [[ [prev.
ruler ἡγεμών, Doric dialect ἁγ-, Aeolic dialect ἀγίμων [[ “IG” 12(2).164 (Mytil.), +others] Refs], όνος, ; also ἡ, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).22, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Suppli
to govern ἡγέομαι, Doric dialect ἁγ- (irregular present participle ἁγώμενος [[ “Hymnus Curetum [3rd c.BC (?)]” 4), ] Refs]imperfect ἡγούμην[[ lines12.28, etc.] Refs], Ionic dialect -εύμην[[ 5th c.BC:
a leading ἥγ-ημα, ατος, τό, that which guides, [[ Inscription Perg. 246.27. ] Refs] __II (ἡγέομαι 111) thought, purpose, [[ LXX.Eze.17.3. ] LXX]
command ἥγ-ησις, εως, ἡ, command, [[ LXX.Josh.5.15 (variant), LXX.1Mac.9.31. ] LXX]
be esteemed ἡγ-ητέον, one must lead, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.7.2, “Eq.Mag.” 4.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] __II one must hold, consider, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato P
gladly Included with: ἡδύς, ἡδεῖα, ἡδύ, ἡδὺς ἀϋτμή (as feminine) once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.369 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: Doric dialect ἁδύς [ᾱ], Boeo
already ἤδη, adverb: __1 already, by this time, νὺξ ἤ. τελέθει 'tis already night, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.282; ἤ. Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ᾽ ἐφῆπται [prev. work] 402 ] Refs 8th c