A.fit for giving or maintaining life, “ἐπιθυμία” Pl. Ti.91b; “δυνάμιες” Ti.Locr.100d, cf. D.S.2.51(Sup.), Gal.15.506; “πνεῦμα” LXXWi.15.11; “ἰκμάς” Corn.ND2; “φῶς” Porph.Marc.13; “τὸ ὑγρὸν -ώτερον τοῦ ξηροῦ” Arist.GA761a27, cf. 733a11; [“ἔαρ] -ωτάτη ὥρα” Thphr.CP1.13.4.
II. full of life, alive, Pl.R.610e, Thphr. HP1.14.2, Porph.Gaur.16.3,5; τὰ τήθυα ζωτικώτερα τῶν σπόγγων more like animals, Arist.PA681a10; τὰ -ώτατα μέρη (of the body) Plu.2.130b. Adv. -κῶς, ἔχειν to be fond of life, Id.Cat.Mi.70.