ἀσθέν-εια, ἡ,
want of strength, weakness, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.3, etc.: in _plural_, ἰσχύες καὶ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618d] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially feebleness, sickliness, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.135; ἀ. τοῦ γήρως 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.3.2, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330e; σωμάτων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.36, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 disease, sickness, [[ [prev. author] 2.49 (_plural_), “OGI” 244.11 (Daphne, 2nd c.BC), etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν[[ NT.Gal.4.13. ] NT]
__3 ἀ. βίου poverty, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.47, 8.51. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 in moral sense, feebleness, weakness, τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 854a, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1150b19; τοῦ ἀκροατοῦ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1419a18.—Rare in poetry, as 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 269. -έω,] Refs 5th c.BC+] to be weak, feeble, sickly, ἀ. μέλη to be weak in limb, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 228; τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 209e] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἀσθένειαν [[ [prev. author] “Chrm.” 155b: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 274, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.47, NT.Matt.10.8, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; ἠσθένησε he fell sick, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.13; ἀσθενέων ] Refs 4th c.BC+]sick man, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 12 (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. says that μαλακίζεσθχι is used of women)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἠσθενηκότα[[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.13.7. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]