φιλοψυχέω
From LSJ
ἆρ' ἐς τὸ κάλλος ἐκκεκώφηται ξίφη → can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords, can it be that their swords are blunted at the sight of her beauty
English (LSJ)
A love one's life, with collat. sense of to be cowardly or faint-hearted, Tyrt.10.18, E.Hec.315, Heracl.518,533, D.60.28, etc.; φ. ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρετῆς Lys.2.25.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1289] sein Leben lieben, schonen, furchtsam, zaghaft sein; Tyrt. 1, 18; Eur. Hec. 315 Mel. 1385 u. öfter; Lys. 2, 25; vgl. Phryn. in B. A. 71; – φιλοψυχητέον, man muß das Leben lieben, Plat. Gorg. 512 e.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φῐλοψῡχέω: ἀγαπῶ τὴν ζωήν μου, συμπαρομαρτούσης καὶ τῆς σημασίας τῆς δειλίας, εἶμαι δειλός, μικρόψυχος, Τυρταῖος 7. 18, Εὐρ. Ἑκ. 315, Ἡρακλ. 518, 533, Δημ. 1397. 27, κλπ.· ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρετῆς Λυσίας 193. 2.
