Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • τί οὖν ἄν τισ ἔτι λέγοι περὶ τῶν νέων, ὁπότε οἱ τηλικοῦτοι φιλόζωοί εἰσιν, οὓσ ἐχρῆν διώκειν τὸν θάνατον ὡσ τῶν ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ κακῶν φάρμακον. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 17:7)
  • καὶ φιλόζωοι, καὶ μᾶλλον ἐπὶ τῇ τελευταίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ διὰ τὸ τοῦ ἀπόντοσ εἶναι τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν, καὶ οὗ ἐνδεεῖσ, τούτου μάλιστα ἐπιθυμεῖν. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 13 8:1)
  • καρτερίη οὐκ ἀπ’ εὐθυμίησ καὶ εὐελπιστίησ ὅκωσ τοῖσι ἐν εὐτυχίῃ, ἀλλ’ ἐξ αὐτέου τοῦ πάθεοσ· οὔτι φατὸν τὴν αἰτίην, θωυμάσαι δὲ τόδε μέγα, ἐπὶ μέν γε ἄλλοισι οὐ πάμπαν ὀλεθρίοισι οἱ νοσέοντεσ ἄθυμοι, κατηφέεσσ, ἐράται τοῦ θανάτου · ἐπὶ δὲ τισι εὐέλπιδεσ καὶ φιλόζωοι γίγνονται. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 27)

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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