fit for giving or maintaining life, ἐπιθυμία Pl. Ti. 91b; δυνάμιες Ti.Locr. 100d, cf. D.S. 2.51 (Sup.), Gal. 15.506; πνεῦμα LXX Wi. 15.11; ἰκμάς Corn. ND 2; φῶς Porph. Marc. 13; τὸ ὑγρὸν -ώτερον τοῦ ξηροῦ Arist. GA 761a27, cf. 733a11; [ἔαρ] -ωτάτη ὥρα Thphr. CP 1.13.4.
full of life, alive, Pl. R. 610e, Thphr. HP 1.14.2, Porph. Gaur. 16.3, 5; τὰ τήθυα ζωτικώτερα τῶν σπόγγων more like animals, Arist. PA 681a10; τὰ -ώτατα μέρη (of the body) Plu. Sanit. 2.130b. Adv. -κῶς, ἔχειν to be fond of life, Id. Cat.Mi. 70.
characteristic of life, vital, τὸ αὐτὰ ὑφʼ αὑτῶν κινεῖσθαι ζωτικόν Arist. Ph. 255a6; τόνος, πνεῦμα, φύσις, Stoic. 2.235, 241,272; κίνησις Herm. ap. Stob. 1.41.7, cf. Plot. 6.7.5 (Comp.), Porph. Sent. 37; κατὰ τὸ ζ. Procl. Inst. 189. Adv. -κῶς ib. 39, Dam. Pr. 79, Herm. ap. Stob. l.c.
ζ. χρόνος duration of life, Vett.Val. 132.4; of works of Art, true to life, τὸ ζ. φαίνεσθαι πῶς ἐνεργάζῃ τοῖς ἀνδριᾶσιν; X. Mem. 3.10.6; -ώτατα ἐξεργάσασθαι Plu. QConv. 2.668d.