ἀσθενέω
astheneo
to be needy
Appears 30 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀσθενέω, to be weak, feeble, sickly, ἀ. μέλη to be weak in limb, Or. 228; τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀ. Ly. 209e; ἀ. ἀσθένειαν Chrm. 155b: abs., Hipp. 274, 7.47, Ev.Matt. 10.8, etc.; ἠσθένησε he fell sick, 1.13; ἀσθενέων sick man, VM 12 ( says that μαλακίζεσθαι is used of women); ἠσθενηκότα 31.13.7. 2. to be needy, 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 . . , BJ 2.15.5; εἰς τὸ θεωρεῖν 3.8.4. 4. decline, ἠσθένησεν ἡ ἡμέρα εἰς τὴν ἑσπέραν Jd. 19.9.
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