βιός

See also: βιος, and βίος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷiH-. Cognate with Sanskrit ज्या (jyā́, “bow-string”), Old Church Slavonic жила (žila, “vein, tendon”), and Albanian mzith.

βιός • (biós) m (genitive βιοῦ); second declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βῐός ho biós	τὼ βῐώ tṑ biṓ	οἱ βῐοί hoi bioí
Genitive	τοῦ βῐοῦ toû bioû	τοῖν βῐοῖν toîn bioîn	τῶν βῐῶν tôn biôn
Dative	τῷ βῐῷ tôi biôi	τοῖν βῐοῖν toîn bioîn	τοῖς βῐοῖς toîs bioîs
Accusative	τὸν βῐόν tòn bión	τὼ βῐώ tṑ biṓ	τοὺς βῐούς toùs bioús
Vocative	βῐέ bié	βῐώ biṓ	βῐοί bioí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	βῐός biós	βῐώ biṓ	βῐοί bioí
Genitive	βῐοῦ / βῐοῖο / βῐόο bioû / bioîo / bióo	βῐοῖῐν bioîin	βῐῶν biôn
Dative	βῐῷ biôi	βῐοῖῐν bioîin	βῐοῖσῐ / βῐοῖσῐν / βῐοῖς bioîsi(n) / bioîs
Accusative	βῐόν bión	βῐώ biṓ	βῐούς bioús
Vocative	βῐέ bié	βῐώ biṓ	βῐοί bioí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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“βιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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