φιλόζῳος

A. fond of one's life, with collat. sense of cowardly, βροτοί E. Fr. 816.6, cf. Pl.Com. 19 D., Charito 3.3, 5.2; φ. οἱ πρεσβύτεροι Arist. Rh. 1389b32; τὸ φ. Phld. Mort. 39 (misspelt ‐ζωιον, s. v.l.), Ind.Sto. 27: as Subst., coward, Ph. 2.269.

b. of patients in disease, desirous of living, Aret. SD 2.1.

2. of plants, tenacious of life, Thphr. HP 7.13.4.

b. evergreen, Nic. Th. 68, Al. 274,591.

II. φιλόζῳος, ον, (ζῷον) fond of animals, δημιουργός X. Mem. 1.4.7; θεός Ph. 2.305.

2. delighting to produce life, φύσις Cleom. 1.2.