νοσ-έω (no
Ionic dialect form νουσέω is found),
to be sick, ail, whether in body or mind, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς πόλεως. οὔπω νενοσηκυίας not yet
having suffered from the plague, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
diseased, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ νοσοῦν, ={νόσος}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
aorist νοσῆσαι,
fall sick, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, γῆ νοσεῖ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of plants, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —
passive, ἡμέραι αἱ νοσούμεναι days
on which one is ill, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) of passion, ν. μάταν
to be mad, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἀλαστόρων ν. [
Refs]; νοσῶν alone, opposed to σώφρων,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. περὶ δόξαν
to have a morbid craving for fame, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3) generally,
suffer, νοσεῖ τὰ τῶν θεῶν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκεῖ νοσοῦμεν ὅτι. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of states,
suffer from faction and the like, ἡ Μίλητος νοσήσασα στάσι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]