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καχεξία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: καχεξία

Structure: καχεξι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: e(/cis

Sense

  1. a bad habit of body

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative καχεξία καχεξίᾱ καχεξίαι
Genitive καχεξίᾱς καχεξίαιν καχεξιῶν
Dative καχεξίᾱͅ καχεξίαιν καχεξίαις
Accusative καχεξίᾱν καχεξίᾱ καχεξίᾱς
Vocative καχεξίᾱ καχεξίᾱ καχεξίαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἢ καταφρονεῖσ τῶν ἐπιτιμίων τῆσ καχεξίασ τούτων, καὶ ῥᾳδίωσ ἂν οἰεί φέρειν τὰ τοιαῦτα; (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 12 4:1)
  • "ἃ δή, καχεξίασ τινὸσ ἐγγενομένησ τῷ σώματι καὶ φθορᾶσ, ἐπιτρέχειν δοκεῖ τοῖσ σώμασιν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 6:9)
  • τούτων δὲ πραχθέντων οἱ σύμμαχοι τῶν Ἀθηναίων διά τε τὰσ περὶ Σικελίαν ἀτυχίασ καὶ διὰ τὰσ τῶν ἡγεμόνων καχεξίασ μεθίσταντο πρὸσ Λακεδαιμονίουσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 36 6:1)
  • Πτολεμαῖοσ δὲ τούτων οὐδὲν συλλογιζόμενοσ, ἀλλ’ ἀσμενίζων ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονότι προτερήματι διὰ τὸ παράδοξον καὶ συλλήβδην ἐπὶ τῷ Κοίλην Συρίαν ἐκτῆσθαι παραδόξωσ, οὐκ ἀλλότριοσ ἦν τῆσ ἡσυχίασ, ἀλλ’ ὑπὲρ τὸ δέον οἰκεῖοσ, ἑλκόμενοσ ὑπὸ τῆσ συνήθουσ ἐν τῷ βίῳ ῥᾳθυμίασ καὶ καχεξίασ. (Polybius, Histories, book 5, chapter 87 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a bad habit of body

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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