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φιλόζωος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόζωος φιλόζωον

Structure: φιλοζω (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: zwh/

Sense

  1. fond of one's life

Examples

  • ἔστι δὲ μεγαλόψυχοσ οὔθ’ ὁ τὸ ζῆν περὶ πολλοῦ ποιούμενοσ οὔθ’ ὁ φιλόζωοσ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 26:1)
  • Θαυμαστὴ ἡ φύσισ καί, ὥσ φησιν ὁ Ξενοφῶν, φιλόζῳοσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 0 22:2)

Synonyms

  1. fond of one's life

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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