Zoa
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Zoa grece vita, zo vivo zon vivens, inde zodiaca et zodiacus et alia.
Apparatus:
Zoa ABCD | Zo[z]i vel zoa e {zoi is itacist ζωή /zōḗ/}.
vitam ACD | vita B e
zon vivens ABCD | om. e
Translation:
Zoa is the Greek word for Latin vita {"life"}, zo is vivo {"I live"}, zon is vivens {"being alive"}, and from this word stem ζω /zō/ are derived zodiaca {"Zodiac signs") and zodiacus {"related to the Zodiac"} and other words.
Commentary:
ζωή /zōḗ/ Doric ζωά /zōá/ "one’s living; life, existence"; ζῶ /zô/ "I live, am living", ζῶν /zôn/ "living, being alive", ζῳδιακά /zōdiaká/, ζῳδιακός /zōdiakós/ "(signs of) the Zodiac".