A.preservative, opp. ληπτικός, προετικός, Arist.EN1120b15; “ὑγιείας” Id.Top.106b36, cf. Rh.1366a37; of persons, “φ. τῶν ὄντων” X.Mem.3.4.9; φ. ἐγκλημάτων cherishing the recollection of them, Arist.Rh.1381b4; “τὸ φ.” Phld.Oec.p.34J., Gal.10.638, Porph.Antr.16. Adv. “-κῶς” Arist.Top. 106b37.
II. (from Med.) cautious, opp. πιστευτικός, Id.Rh. 1372b28. Adv. “-κῶς” Plb.6.8.3, al.: Comp., “-ώτερον χρῆσθαι ταῖς προνομαῖς” Id.1.18.1, al.