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ἀσθενέω

ἀσθενέω, ἀσθενέω, be weak, be ill

ἀσθεν-έω,
  • to be weak, feeble, sickly, ἀ. μέλη to be weak in limb, E. Or. 228; τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀ. Pl. Ly. 209e; ἀ. ἀσθένειαν Id. Chrm. 155b: abs., E. Hipp. 274, Th. 7.47, Ev.Matt. 10.8, etc.; ἠσθένησε he fell sick, D. 1.13; ἀσθενέων sick man, Hp. VM 12 (Phot. says that μαλακίζεσθαι is used of women); ἠσθενηκότα Plb. 31.13.7.
      • 2 to be needy, Ar. Pax 636; ἠσθενηκότες, of those unable to pay taxes, PTeb. 188 (i B.C.).
      • 3 c. inf., to be too weak to do a thing, not to be able . ., J. BJ 2.15.5; εἰς τὸ θεωρεῖν Plot. 3.8.4.
      • 4 decline, ἠσθένησεν ἡ ἡμέρα εἰς τὴν ἑσπέραν LXX Jd. 19.9.

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