κ1152Καχεξία
ill-health
Also [sc. attested is the related participle] kaxektou=ntes ["they being in ill health"], [meaning] they managing their condition (e(/cis) badly (kakw=s), they being sick. Polybius [writes]: "the courage of Perseus was…
Καχεξία. καὶ Καχεκτοῦντες, κακῶς τὴν ἕξιν διατεθειμένοι, ἀσθενοῦντες. Πολύβιος· ὁ δὲ Περσεὺς προσαγόμενος τὸν χρόνον καὶ τὸν πόνον ἐξελύετο τῇ ψυχῇ, καθάπερ οἱ καχεκτοῦντες τῶν…