Zoe

ζωή (zōē) - Life in terms of vitality, living essence or life-force; glossed as *ψυχή (psuche)* by Hesychius, identifying ζωή with the psyche or animating life-principle. Also the act of living.

Your psyche is what animates your zwh.

Lexicon

The entry for Zoe (ζωή) refers to psuche (ψυχή)

Heyschius Lexicon (ancient ~400CE)

Standard modern edition: Kurt Latte (ed.), Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, vols. I–II (Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1953–1966), under ζ-.
Continued/updated edition: Peter A. Hansen (ed.), Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, vol. III–IV (Berlin/New York: De Gruyter, 2005–2013), under ζ-.

ζωή·
ζωή, ψυχή, τὸ ζῆν

zoe
animated lifeforce, animating breath / life vital force, the act of living

ζωή (zoē) - animated life force; a living vitality; the state of being alive
ψυχή (psychē) - pneuma / animating breath; life-principle (that which moves and vivifies the body)
τὸ ζῆν (to zēn) - the act of living; living as an activity

Hesychius equates:

ζωή with ψυχή (psyche/soul)
and with τὸ ζῆν (“the act/state of living”)
ψυχή psuche - breath; animating principle; that which departs at death; life-force

Zoe (Ζωή), as Hesychius glosses it (ζωή· ζωή, ψυχή, τὸ ζῆν), denotes not only narrative “life”, but the animating condition itself-the vital force or breath (ψυχή/psuche) that distinguishes living beings (zoota/ζῶντα) from inert matter.