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νοσ-ώδης

nosodes

sickly, ailing

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

νοσ-ώδης · nos-ōdēs — LSJ

sickly, ailing, sickly condition

sickly, ailing, Hp. Aph. 7.67 (Comp.) ; τὰ ν., opp. τὰ ὑγιεινά, Pl. R. 438e ; of persons, ib. 406a ; ν. σῶμα, βίος, ib. 556e, Lg. 734d ; τὸ ν. sickly condition, Plu. QConv. 2.662f.

II unwholesome, pestilential, baneful

Act., unwholesome, pestilential, ἠήρ Hp. Aër. 6 ; θέρος Arist. Pr. 859b22 ; χωρίον Isoc. 19.22 ; τόποι Arist. Top. 115b20 ; of plants, Thphr. HP 7.9.4 ; τὸ ν. Pl. Cri. 47d : metaph., baneful, νοσῶδες τοῦτο τοῖς ἀμείνοσιν E. Supp. 423 ; δράκων στίλβει νοσώδεις ἀστραπάς Id. Or. 480. Adv. -ωδῶς Gal. 9.393, 408 : correctly used only in Comp. acc. to Poll. 3.105.

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