νόσος,
Epic dialect and
Ionic dialect (not
Doric dialect,[
Refs]
νοῦσος, ἡ,
sickness, disease, plague, νοῦσον ἀνὰ στρατὸν ὦρσε κακήν (i.e. Apollo), ὀλέκοντο δὲ λαοί [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κάμνειν νόσον, ὑπὸ νόσου, see at {κάμν; ἀσθενεῖν ταύτην τὴν νόσον} [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θήλεα ν.[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II) generally,
distress, anguish, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2)
disease of mind, especially caused by madness, passion, vice, etc, ν. φρενῶν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; θεία ν, i.e.
madness, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. καὶ στάσιν οὐ ταὐτὸν νενόμικα; [
Refs]
II.3)
plague, bane, mischief, e.g. a whirlwind is θεία ν. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the trident of Poseidon, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; πεντεσύριγγος ν, of the pillory, Polyeuct. cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]