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ἀσθένεια

ἀσθένεια, ἀσθένεια, weakness, illness

ἀσθέν-εια, ἡ,
  • want of strength, weakness, Th. 1.3, etc.: in pl., ἰσχύες καὶ ἀ. Pl. R. 618d; esp. feebleness, sickliness, Hdt. 4.135; ἀ. τοῦ γήρως Antipho 4.3.2, Pl. R. 330e; σωμάτων Th. 4.36, etc.
      • 2 disease, sickness, Id. 2.49 (pl.), OGI 244.11 (Daphne, ii B.C.), etc.; διʼ ἀσθένειαν Ep.Gal. 4.13.
      • 3 ἀ. βίου poverty, Hdt. 2.47, 8.51.
      • 4 in moral sense, feebleness, weakness, τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως Pl. Lg. 854a, cf. Arist. EN 1150b19; τοῦ ἀκροατοῦ Arist. Rh. 1419a18.—Rare in poetry, as E. HF 269.

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