ἀσθενέω
ἀσθενέω,
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.