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ζά

za

very

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What it meant — LSJ

1. ζά · za

Aeol. for διά, rarely as Prep., ζὰ τὰν σὰν ἰδέαν Theoc. 29.6, cf. IG 12(2).484.3 (Mytil.); ζὰ νυκτός ap. Jo.Gramm. Comp. 3.3; ζὰ χῶρις ἔχην Sapph. Oxy. 1787 Fr. 3ii 18; ζαβάλλω, ζάημι, etc.

2 very

as Prefix (cf. διά), very, in Ep. Adjs., ζαής, ζάθεος, ζάκοτος, etc.; cf. ζαμενέω, ζάπλουτος, ζάφελος.

2. ζᾶ · za

= διὰ βίου).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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