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Date "ZOE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
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The latin word Æon means eternal. It is derived from the greek word αίών.The time-measure Æon
This means the same thing as the word eon: an eternal frame of time, eternity.
Plato's Æon
The word æon was used by Plato to denote the eternal world of ideas, which he conceived was "behind" the perceived world, as demonstrated in his famous cave-allegory.
Gnostic Æons
In many Gnostic systems, the various emanations of the God, who is also known by such names as the One, the Monad, Aiwn teleos (The Perfect Æon), Bythos, Proarkh (Before the Beginning), H'Arkh (The Beginning), are called æons. This first being is also an æon and has an inner being within itself, known as Ennoea (Thought), Charis (Grace), or Sige (Silence). The split perfect being concieves the second æon, Nus (Mind), within itself. Along with the male Nus comes the female æon Veritas (Truth)
The æons often came in male/female pairs called syzygies, and were frequently numerous (20-30). Two of the most commonly listed æons were Christ and Sophia. The æons constitute the pleroma, the "region of light". The lowest regions of the pleroma are closest to the darkness, i.e. the physical world.
When an æon named Sophia, emanates without her partner æon, the result is the Demiurge (or Ialdaboth), a creature that should never had come into existence. This creature does not belong to the pleroma, and the One emanates two savior aeons, Christ and the Holy Spirit to save man from the Demiurge. Christ then took the form of the man, Jesus, in order to be able to teach man how to achieve gnosis, i.e. return to the pleroma.
Valentinius Æons
According to Tertullians Against the Valentinians (latin: Adversus Valentinianos) chapter VII and VIII (and we only know the details of this system from its opponents), the gnostic Valentinius had 30 different æons which emanate each other in sequence. The first 8 of these (corresponding to generation one-four below) is referred to as the Ogdoad.
- First generation
- Bythos (the One) and Sige (Silence, Charis, Ennoea etc)
- Second generation
- Nous (Nus, Mind) and Aletheia (Veritas, Truth)
- Third generation, emanated from Nous and Aletheia
- Sermo (the Word) and Vita (the Life)
- Fourth generation, emanated from Sermo and Vita
- Anthropos (Homo, Man) and Ecclesia (Church)
- Fifth generation
- Emanated from Sermo and Vita:
- Bythios (Profound) and Mixis (Mixture)
- Ageratos (Never old) and Henosis (Union)
- Autophyes (Essential nature) and \Hedone (Pleasure)
- Acinetos (Immoveable) and Syncrasis (Commixture)
- Monogenes (Only-begotten) and Macaria (Happiness)
- Emanated from Anthropos and Ecclesia
- Paracletus (Comforter) and Pistis (Faith)
- Patricas (Paternal) and Elpis (Hope)
- Metricos (Maternal) and Agape (Love)
- Ainos (Praise) and Synesis (Intelligence)
- Ecclesiasticus (Son of Ecclesia) and Macariotes (Blessedness)
- Theletus (Perfect) and Sophia (Wisdom)
Ptolemys and Colorbasus Æons
According to St. Irenaeus Against heresies (latin: Adversus Haereses) also known as The Detection and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called Gnosis book 1, chapter 12, the followers of the gnostics Ptolemy and Colorbasus had æons which differ from those of Valentinius. Logos is created when Anthropos learn to speak. The first four are called the Tetrad and the eight are called the Ogdoad.
The order of Anthropos and Ecclesia versus Logos and Zoe are somewhat debated, different sources give different accounts. Logos and Zoe are unique to this system as compared to the previous and may be an evolved version of the first, totalling 32 æons, but it is not clear if the first two were actually regarded æons.
- First generation
- Bythos (the One) and Sige (Silence, Charis, Ennoea etc)
- Second generation (concieved by the One):
- Ennoae (Thought) and Thelesis (Will)
- Third generation, emanated from Ennoae and Thelesis:
- Nous (or Monogenes) and Aletheia
- Fourth generation, emanated from Nous and Aletheia:
- Anthropos (Homo, Man) and Ecclesia (Church)
- Fifth generation, emanated from Anthropos and Ecclesia:
- Logos and Zoe
- Sixth generation:
- Emanated from Logos and Zoe:
- Bythius and Mixis
- Ageratos and Henosis
- Autophyes and Hedone
- Acinetos and Syncrasis
- Monogenes and Macaria
- Emanated from Anthropos and Ecclesia:
- Paracletus and Pistis
- Patricos and Elpis
- Metricos and Agape
- Ainos and Synesis
- Ecclesiasticus and Macariotes
- Theletos and Sophia
See Also
- Plato
- Gnosticism
External Links
- Tertullianus account against the Valentinians is the source text for much of what we know about the Æons.
- Corresponding text in original latin
- Inenaeus: Against heresies
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aeon."
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- Zoe, an æon of Gnostic belief systems, paired with Logos
- Zoe of Byzantium
- Zoe (Sesame Street)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zoe."
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Zoe is a 3-year-old, orange female monster on Sesame Street, performed by Fran Brill. She was designed in her color to compliment Elmo, who was gaining popularity at her introduction.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zoe (Sesame Street)."
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Zoe (in Greek Ζωή, meaning "life"), lived c. 978 - 1050, Empress of the Byzantine Empire with co-rulers November 15, 1028 - 1050, Reigning Empress from April 19 to June 11, 1042.Zoe was one of the few Byzantine empresses born into the purple (that is, as the legitimate child of an reigning emperor). She was daughter of Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire, who had become co-emperor in 976, and sole emperor in 1025. He reigned for only three years between December 15, 1025 and November 15, 1028.
Before dying Constantine had married Zoe to his chosen heir Romanus III Argyrus, the eparch of Constantinople, on November 12, 1028. Constantine hoped that Romanus would help his daughter to control the government, but Romanus proved to be an unfaithful husband and an ineffective emperor. He was found murdered in his bath in 1034. Zoe immediately remarried, even before his body was removed from the bath. Zoe's second husband was Michael IV "the Paphlagonian," who reigned until his death in 1041.
Her next co-ruler was her adoptive son Michael V Calaphates, nephew of her second husband, whose short reign lasted only into the next year. For two months in 1042, Zoe shared the government with her sister, Theodora, until she could find yet another husband, her third and the last she was permitted according to the rules of the Orthodox Church'. Her choice fell upon Constantine IX Monomachus (reigned 1042-1054) who outlived her by four years. Zoe died in 1050.
Preceded by:
Michael VByzantine emperors Followed by:
Constantine IXSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zoe of the Byzantine Empire."
Crosswords: ZOE |
| Specialty definitions using "ZOE": Luck of Eden Hall. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Tell me your news, Zoe. (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) That's not news, Zoe. (The Sweet Hereafter; writing credit: Atom Egoyan) Zoe, Jack, Duncan, and Jane was a mistake (Grosse Pointe; writing credit: Amy Engelberg; Wendy Engelberg) Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) I say Zoe gets naked (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Zoe (2001) Katigoro ti zoe (1972) I Zoe enos anthropou (1968) Enomenoi sti zoe kai sto thanato (1964) Aligisti sti zoe (1964) | |
Song Titles | Love Life (performing artist: Morton Zoe) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| "White cat" by Guiga Müller Commentary: "My beautiful baby, Zoe." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| "ZOE" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ZOE" is used about 297 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 297 | 16,856 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ZOE" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Zoe | First name Female | 6,000 | 1,189 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Zoe, KY |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
zoe | 597 | pic saldana zoe | 23 |
saldana zoe | 390 | 2 zoe | 23 |
zoe zeman | 187 | gregory paul zoe | 23 |
girl zoe | 134 | zoe tay | 23 |
cereal flax granola soy zoe | 100 | killing zoe | 22 |
cereal zoe | 91 | jane lyrics staind zoe | 21 |
cereal flax soy zoe | 87 | granola zoe | 21 |
flax soy zoe | 84 | lucker zoe | 20 |
mclellan zoe | 84 | jane lyrics zoe | 19 |
zoe gregory | 72 | jane zoe | 17 |
mcconnell zoe | 65 | zelman zoe | 17 |
zoe ball | 61 | girl lyrics zoe | 16 |
zoe food | 54 | flax zoe | 16 |
britton zoe | 46 | nude saldana zoe | 15 |
picture saldana zoe | 43 | felix zoe | 15 |
zoe paul | 31 | caldwell zoe | 15 |
sesame street zoe | 30 | zoe restaurant | 14 |
digimon zoe | 26 | pound zoe | 13 |
flax granola soy zoe | 25 | zoe lofgren | 13 |
zoe wanamaker | 24 | ministry zoe | 12 |
zoe lab | 12 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ZOE": zoea, zoeae, zoeal, zoeas, zoecia, zoecium. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ZOE": mestizoes, piezoelectric, piezoelectrically, piezoelectricities, piezoelectricity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-z" | |
-1 letter: oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-z" | |
+1 letter: doze, ooze, oyez, zero, zoea, zone. | |
+2 letters: adoze, azole, azote, bonze, booze, cloze, cozen, cozes, cozey, cozie, croze, dozed, dozen, dozer, dozes, froze, gloze, mezzo, oozed, oozes, ouzel, ozone, zeros, zlote, zoeae, zoeal, zoeas, zoned, zoner, zones, zowie. | |
+3 letters: azoles, azoted, azotes, benzol, bezoar, bizone, bonzer, bonzes, boozed, boozer, boozes, bronze, clozes, cozens, cozeys, cozied, cozier, cozies, cozzes, crozer, crozes, donzel, doozer, doozie, dozens, dozers, dozier, epizoa, evzone, foozle, fozier, frozen, gazebo, glozed, glozes, grosze, iodize, ionize, mezzos, momzer, nozzle, oozier, ouzels, ozones, potzer, rebozo, rezone, rozzer, seizor, sleazo, snooze, sozine, touzle, zealot, zeroed, zeroes, zeroth, zoecia, zombie, zonate, zoners, zonked, zonule, zoomed, zoster, zouave, zydeco, zygose, zygote. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)5A 4F 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--.. --- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01011010 01001111 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)Z O E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)005A 004F 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)604939 |
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