ζόη τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος

ζωή ( [full] ζωιή (prob. an error) SIG577.34 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.)), [dialect] Dor. [full] ζωά: [dialect] Ion. and poet. [full] ζόη, Hdt.1.32, Herod.10.4, S.Fr. 556, etc. (v. infr.), cf. IG9(1).86 ([place name] Hyampolis), [dialect] Dor. [full] ζόα: [dialect] Aeol. [full] ζοΐα Theoc. 29.5: ἡ:—

A living, i.e. one's substance, property,

ἦ γάρ οἱ ζ. γ' ἦν ἄσπετος Od.14.96

; τοὶ δὲ ζωὴν ἐδάσαντο ib. 208;

κατὰ ζωὴν φαγέειν 16.429

; τὴν ζόην ποιέεσθαι or καταστήσασθαι ἀπὸ or ἐκ.. to get one's living by.., Hdt.8.105, cf. 2.36, Arist.HA 608b21;

ἐξ ἁλός Theoc.Beren. 2

.

2 after Hom., life, existence, opp. death, Tyrt.15.5, Pi.N.8.36, etc.; θανάτου πέρι καὶ ζωᾶς ib.9.29;

οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄλγος οἷον ἡ πολλὴ ζόη S.Fr. 556

; ζόας ( ζωᾶς codd.)

βιοτά E.HF 664

(lyr.);

τοῦ βίου ζωή Pl. Ti. 44c

;

ὁ τῆς ζ. χρόνος SIG1210

([place name] Calymna), etc.: as a term of affection, ζωή mylife! Juv.6.195: pl.,

ζόαι A.Fr.99.13

;

ζωαί LXXPs.62(63).3(4)

; μετὰ τὴν μίαν ζ. πολλαὶ ζ. Dam.Pr. 100;

αἱ τῆς ψυχῆς ζ. καὶ δυνάμεις Iamb.Comm.Math.3

.

3 way of life,

ζόην ἔζωον τὴν αὐτήν Hdt. 4.112

, cf. 114.

II ζωή,=

γραῦς 11

, the scum on milk, Eust.906.52; ζόη· τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος, Hsch. [The form ζόη (paroxyt.) is required by the metre in trimeters in S.Fr. 556, E.Hec. 1108, and in lyrics S. Fr. 592, E.Med. 976, al., ζωή never: ζόη in other Poets, Call.Fr. 114, Theoc.Ep.18.9, Herod.10.4.] (For the root, cf. ζῶ: fancifully connected with ζέω and ζητέω, Dam.Pr.81: in signf. 11 ζόη prob. fr. ζέω.)

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `boil, seethe' (mostly intr.; s. Brunel Aspect verbal 198f.).

Other forms: Aor. ζέ(σ)σαι (Il.), late forms ζέννυμι (to ζέσαι after σβέσαι: σβέννυμι a. o.), ἔζεσμαι, ἐζέσθην,

Compounds: also with prefix, e. g. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, ὑπερ-,

Derivatives: also from the prefixcompounds: ( ἀνά-, ἔκ-, ὑπέρ-)ζέσις `seething, boiling' (Pl., Arist.; s. Holt Les noms d'action en - σις 53, 163); ( ἐπί-, ἀπό-)ζέμα `boiling, decoction' (LXX, medic.), also ἀπό-ζεσμα `id.' ( PHolm.); ἔκ-ζε(σ)μα `eczema' (medic.); ἀνά-ζεσμος `boiling up' (Aët.); verbal adj. ( ἔκ-, ὑπέρ)ζεστός `boiled, seething, hot' (Arist., Str.) with ζεστότης `heat' (Paus.). With ablaut, nevertheless prob. late: ζόη τὸ ἐπάνω τοῦ μέλιτος H., acc. to Eust. 906, 52 `foam on the milk'.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [506] * ies- `boil, foam'

Etymology: The thematic root present ζέω from *ζέσ-ω (cf. ζεσ-τός, ζέσ-μα) is identical with Skt. yasati (gramm.) `seethe, boil', Germ., e. g. OHG jesan `ferment, foam'; IE -i̯ésō. In Skt. the yot present yás-ya-ti and the reduplicated yéṣati (\< ya-iṣ-); a mix of these buildings seems Av. yaēš-ya- (ptc. acc. sg. f. yaēšyantīm) `boil'. The verb is found also in Tocharian, A ysäṣ (pres. ind. 3. sg.; stem yäs-), B yayāsau (ptc. pret.) `boil'; further Alban. ziej (IE *i̯esei̯ō), Mann Lang. 28, 38; Celtic has nominal formations, e. g. Gallo-Rom. *i̯estā `foam', Welsh ias `boil, foam'. See Bq. - Another expression for `boil' which is less widely spread is ἕψω (s. v.); cf. also πέσσω.

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