αὐτοζῷον
ον, ζων, τό
A.
animal in the abstract, Arist. Top. 137b11, Simp. in Ph. 824.17, Dam. Pr. 88.
II.
αὐτό‐ζῳος, ον, self-existent, ψυχή Herm. in Phdr. p.118A., but usu. αὐτό‐ζως, ζων, having life in itself, Plot. 3.8.8; πᾶσα ψυχὴ αὐ. ἐστι Procl. Inst. 189, cf. Dam. Pr. 80.