poltroon

From LSJ

ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς φιλαυτίας παρηγμένοι ἄλογα φασὶν τὰ ζῷα ἐφεξῆς τὰ ἄλλα σύμπαντα → it is self-love which leads them to say that all the other animals without exception are non-rational

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

Use cowardly, adj.