Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόζῳος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόζῳος φιλόζῳον

Structure: φιλοζῳ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: zw=|on

Sense

  1. fond of animals

Examples

  • οὐ μὰ τὸν Δί’, ἔφη, ἀλλ’ οὕτω γε σκοπουμένῳ πάνυ ἐοίκε ταῦτα σοφοῦ τινοσ δημιουργοῦ καὶ φιλοζῴου τεχνήμασι. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 4 8:1)
  • ὑπὲρ μὲν γὰρ δικαιοσύνησ καὶ ἀρετῆσ καὶ πατρῴων γερῶν καὶ νόμων καὶ χρηστοῦ βασιλέωσ, εἰ δέοι, πονεῖν καὶ ἀποθνῄσκειν ἀγαθῆσ ἐστι καὶ οὐ φιλοζῴου ψυχῆσ· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 66:1)

Synonyms

  1. fond of animals

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

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