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 bĭós	τὼ βῐώ tṑ bĭṓ	οἱ βῐοί hoi bĭoí
Genitive	τοῦ βῐοῦ toû bĭoû	τοῖν βῐοῖν toîn bĭoîn	τῶν βῐῶν tôn bĭôn
Dative	τῷ βῐῷ tôi bĭôi	τοῖν βῐοῖν toîn bĭoîn	τοῖς βῐοῖς toîs bĭoîs
Accusative	τὸν βῐόν tòn bĭón	τὼ βῐώ tṑ bĭṓ	τοὺς βῐούς toùs bĭoús
Vocative	βῐέ bĭé	βῐώ bĭṓ	βῐοί bĭoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	βῐός bĭós	βῐώ bĭṓ	βῐοί bĭoí
Genitive	βῐοῦ / βῐοῖο / βῐόο bĭoû / bĭoîo / bĭóo	βῐοῖῐν bĭoîĭn	βῐῶν bĭôn
Dative	βῐῷ bĭôi	βῐοῖῐν bĭoîĭn	βῐοῖσῐ / βῐοῖσῐν / βῐοῖς bĭoîsĭ(n) / bĭoîs
Accusative	βῐόν bĭón	βῐώ bĭṓ	βῐούς bĭoús
Vocative	βῐέ bĭé	βῐώ bĭṓ	βῐοί bĭoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

“βιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“βιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“βιός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
βιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βιός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
βιός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“βιός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter