ζωηφόρος
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ον, A life-bringing, Them.Or.19.228d, Sch.Il.8.70; ζ. γραμμὴ [χειρός] line of life, in palmistry, Cat.Cod.Astr.7.238.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1142] Leben bringend, Sp., wie Themist. 19.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ζωηφόρος: -ον, ὁ φέρων ζωήν, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 8815· -φόριος, ον, Συνέσ. Ὕμν. 3. 601.
Greek Monolingual
-ο (AM ζωηφόρος, -ον)
αυτός που παρέχει ζωή, ζωοδότης, ζωογόνος, σωτήριος
νεοελλ.
το θηλ. ως ουσ. η ζωηφόρος
εσφ. τ. αντί ζωφόρος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ζωή + -φόρος (< φέρω), πρβλ. αχθο-φόρος, καρπο-φόρος.
