zoogonicadj.

Brit.

/zuː(ə)ˈɡɒnɪk/,

/zəʊəˈɡɒnɪk/, U.S.

/zu(ə)ˈɡɑnɪk/,

/zoʊəˈɡɑnɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ζωογόνος , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ζωογόνος producing animals, generative, in Byzantine Greek also life-producing (Proclus (see quot. 1788); < ancient Greek ζωή life (see zoism n.) + -γονος producing: see protogonous adj.) + -ic suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek ζωογονικός capable of generation. Compare earlier zoogony n.

Of or relating to the generation or development of animals or living things generally; life-producing, generative. Cf. zoogony n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [adjective] > life-producing

zoogonic1787

1787 T. Taylor in tr. Mystical Initiations xiii. 137 (note) Rhea, according to the Orphic and Platonic theology, is one of the zoogonic or vivific principles of the universe.

1788 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. 118 The zoogonic, or vivific goddess [Gk. ὡς τῆς ζωογόνου θεότητος].

1842 Med. Times 17 Dec. 182/3 These zoogonic elements can become combined and associated one with another so as to produce a variation in animality.

1845 W. Watkiss Lloyd Xanthian Marbles 41 Hephaestus is generative fire; the Zoogonic heat of the sun.

1902 J. Adam Republic Plato II. 293 The number 216 maintains its character as a matrimonial and generative force: for it is the cube of the area of the zoogonic triangle and the product of the cubes of the first male and female numbers.

1987 G. R. Morrow & J. M. Dillon in tr. Proclus Comm. Plato's Parmenides (1992) 183 (Comm.) The theologians have supposed the source of Nature to be the zoogonic goddess.

2005 Isis 96 423/1 The geological conditions of the Nile Delta may have inspired Anaximander's ‘evolutionary’ zoogonic and anthropogonic ideas.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zoogonic
释义	zoogonicadj. Brit. /zuː(ə)ˈɡɒnɪk/, /zəʊəˈɡɒnɪk/, U.S. /zu(ə)ˈɡɑnɪk/, /zoʊəˈɡɑnɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ζωογόνος , -ic suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ζωογόνος producing animals, generative, in Byzantine Greek also life-producing (Proclus (see quot. 1788); < ancient Greek ζωή life (see zoism n.) + -γονος producing: see protogonous adj.) + -ic suffix. Compare Hellenistic Greek ζωογονικός capable of generation. Compare earlier zoogony n. Of or relating to the generation or development of animals or living things generally; life-producing, generative. Cf. zoogony n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [adjective] > life-producing zoogonic1787 1787 T. Taylor in tr. Mystical Initiations xiii. 137 (note) Rhea, according to the Orphic and Platonic theology, is one of the zoogonic or vivific principles of the universe. 1788 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. 118 The zoogonic, or vivific goddess [Gk. ὡς τῆς ζωογόνου θεότητος]. 1842 Med. Times 17 Dec. 182/3 These zoogonic elements can become combined and associated one with another so as to produce a variation in animality. 1845 W. Watkiss Lloyd Xanthian Marbles 41 Hephaestus is generative fire; the Zoogonic heat of the sun. 1902 J. Adam Republic Plato II. 293 The number 216 maintains its character as a matrimonial and generative force: for it is the cube of the area of the zoogonic triangle and the product of the cubes of the first male and female numbers. 1987 G. R. Morrow & J. M. Dillon in tr. Proclus Comm. Plato's Parmenides (1992) 183 (Comm.) The theologians have supposed the source of Nature to be the zoogonic goddess. 2005 Isis 96 423/1 The geological conditions of the Nile Delta may have inspired Anaximander's ‘evolutionary’ zoogonic and anthropogonic ideas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1787
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