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Strong's #980 - βιόω
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βῐόω, βιοῖ
Arist. HA 558a20; βιοῦσι Democr. 200, Arist. HA 576b2; βιοῦν E. Fr. 238, etc.; part. βιοῦντες Arist. HA 566b24; subj. βιῶσι Emp. 15.2: impf. ἐβίουν Hp. Epid. 5.48: fut. βιώσομαι E. Alc. 784, Ar. Eq. 699, Pl. R. 344e, Men. Pk. 399; later βιώσω Id. Mon. 270, App. BC 4.119: aor. 1 ἐβίωσα Hdt. 1.163, Pl. Phd. 113d, X. Oec. 4.18, Arist. HA 585a21; but in earlier writers aor. 2 is more used, ὀβίων Isoc. 9.71, Isaiah 3:1 codd.; 3 sg. imper. βιώτω Il. 8.429; subj. βιῶ Pl. Lg. 872c; opt. βιῴην Id. Ti. 89c, v.l. for βιοίη in Id. Grg. 512c; inf. βιῶναι Il. 10.174, Aeschin. 3.174, etc.; part. βιούς Hdt. 9.10, Th. 2.53, al.: pf. βεβίωκα Isoc. 15.27 and 28, Pl. Phd. 113d, etc.: — Med., βιόομαι Hdt. 2.177, Arist. EN 1180a17: for aor. Med. v. βιώσκομαι: — Pass., fut. βιωθήσομαι M.Ant. 9.30: pf. βεβίωμαι (v. infr.). — In early writers pres. and impf. are mostly supplied by ζάω: Hom. has only aor. 2: —
1. live, pass one's life (opp. ζάω, live, exist), βέλτερον ἢ ἀπολέσθαι ἕνα χρόνον ἠὲ βιῶναι Il. 15.511, cf. 10.174; ἄλλος μὲν ἀποφθίσθω, ἄλλος δὲ βιώτω 8.429; βίον βιοῦν Pl. La. 188a, etc.; β. παρανόμως, μετρίως, ἐνδόξως, D. 22.24, Lys. 16.3, Plu. 2.145f: with neut. Pron., ἀπ' αὐτῶν ὧ αὐτὸς βεβίωκεν ἄρξομαι.. from the very actions of his own life, D. 18.130: — Pass., τὰ σοὶ κἀμοὶ βεβιωμένα the actions of our life, ib.265, cf. Isoc. 15.7, Lys. 16.1; τὰ πεπραγμένα καὶ βεβ. D. 22.53; τοιούτων ὄντων ἃ τῷ βδελυρῷ τούτῳ.. βεβίωται Id. 21.151; ἐπιτηδευμάτων οἷα τούτῳ βεβίωται Id. 22.78; ὅ γε βεβιωμένος [βίος ] Id. 19.200; impers., βεβίωταί [μοι ] I have lived, Lat. vixi, Cic. Att. 12.2.2, 14.21.3: — Med. in act. sense, Hdt. 2.177, Arist. EN 1180a17.
2. survive, ἐβίω καυθείς Hp. Epid. 5.16. — βιόμεσθα (as if from βίομαι) is found h.Ap. 528 and 3 pl. βίονται Orac. ap. Phleg. Mir. 2, cf. βέομαι.
βιόω, βίῳ: 1 aorist infinitive βιῶσαι; for which in Attic the 2 aorist infinitive βιωναι is more common, cf. Winers Grammar, 84 (80); (Buttmann, 54 (48); Veitch, or Liddell and Scott, under the word); (βίος); (from Homer down); to spend life, to live: τόν χρόνον, to pass the time, 1 Peter 4:2; (Job 29:18; ἡμέρας, Xenophon, mem. 4, 8, 2). (Synonym: see βίος, at the end.)
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βιόω , -ῶ
(< βίος ),
[in LXX: Proverbs 7:2; Proverbs 9:6 (H2421), Job 29:18, Wisdom of Solomon 4:4 א 1, 1223, Sirach 40:28, 4 Maccabees 5:22; 4 Maccabees 17:18 *;]
to spend life, to live: τ . χρόνον βιῶσαι (cl., more freq. 2 aor., -ναι ), 1 Peter 4:2 (cf. Jb, l.c.).†
SYN.: ζάω G2198 (q.v.).
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P Lips I. 119 versoii. 6 (A.D. 274) περὶ τὸ ὀρθῶς καὶ ἀ [ζ ]η ̣λοπραγμόνως τῶν ὑπαρξάντων ἀγαθῶν ἐμφορουμένους βιοῦν , P Flor I. 57.3 (A.D. 223–5) (a rescript of Pertinax) τοῖς ἑ [β ]δ ̣ο ̣μ ̣η ̣κ ̣ο ̣ντα ἔτη βεβιω ̣κόσι γέρας ἀλ ̣ιτ ̣ο ̣υρ ̣γησίας [is granted as an old age pension] (cf. the contemporary P Flor III. 382.55 f.), Syll 856.16 (ii/B.C.—a manumission ";sale"; to Apollo, in dialect) εἰ γε [ν ]εὰν ποιήσαιτο Δαμαρχὶς Θευδώρας βιούσας , during the lifetime of Th. (her mistress). The aor. is abundant in epitaphs, as Preisigke 776 (A.D. 259) Ἱερακίαινα . . . βιώσασα ἔτη η ̄ καὶ μην (ῶν ) τριῶν , 1190 (Christian) Ταήσαι ἐβίωσεν εἴκουσι ὀκτώ , γ (ίνονται ) (ἔτη ) κ ̄η ̄. So in the ";letter of Hadrian,"; P Fay 19.12 τεσσαρά ]κοντα βιώσας ἔτη . For this 1st aor. in -σα see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 233 f. An interesting example of this verb is afforded by Musonius (ed. Hense) p. 89.16 f. ὥστε καὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον εἰκὸς οὐχ ὅταν ἐν ἡδονῇ βιοῖ , τότε κατὰ φύσιν βιοῦν , ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν ἐν ἀρετῇ .
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