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1 ἀσθένεια
ἀσθέν-εια, ἡ,A 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.3ἀ. 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. -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; sick man,Hp.
VM 12 (Phot. says that μαλακίζεσθχι is used of women);ἠσθενηκότα Plb. 31.13.7
.3 c. inf., to be too weak to do a thing, not to be able.., J.BJ2.15.5;εἰς τὸ θεωρεῖν Plot.3.8.4
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2 σθένος
Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `strength, power, ability, might' (almost only ep. poet. Il.).Compounds: Very often as 2. member, e.g. ἀ-σθενής `without strength, strengthless' (Pi., IA.) with ἀσθέν-εια, - έω. - ημα, - όω, - ωσις; also - ικός (Arist. a.o.); second. simplex σθενής ἰσχυρός, καρτερός H. Also as 1. member, e.g. σθενο-βλαβής `damaging the strenght' (Opp.; after φρενο-βλαβής); PN as Σθενέ-λαος (after Μενέλαος), short name Σθένελος (Il.).Derivatives: 1. σθεν-αρός `powerful' (ep. poet. I 505, also Hp.); after βριαρός, στιβαρός a. o.; 2. Σθέν-ιος m., - ιάς f. surname of Zeus resp. of Athena in Argolis (Paus.); - εια n. pl. name of a Agon in Argos (Plu.), also f. sg. surn. of Athena (Lyc. 1164; after the womens' names in - εια). 3. Backformation σθέν-ω ( ἐπι- σθένος Q. S.) `to be strong, to be able' (only pres. a. ipf.; trag., also late epic a. prose; cf. Schwyzer 723); 4. also - όω `to strengthen' (1. Ep. Pet. 5, 10; fut.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Can have an ( ε)νος-suffix like ἄφενος, κτῆνος a. o. (Schwyzer 513, Chantraine Form. 420), which DELG doubts; further unclear. Hypothesis by Bolling AmJPh 21, 316: to Skt. saghnóti `endure, bear, be up to', Av. a-zg-ata- `irresistable', so IE * sgʷh-énos. Diff. Sommer Lautst.65ff.: for *σθᾶνος (from *στᾱ-σνος) with - ε- after μένος; phonetically improbable.Page in Frisk: 2,698-699Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σθένος
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