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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>căcŏēthĕs</b>: is, n., = κακόηθες, τό ([[bad]] [[state]] or [[habit]]);<br /><b>I</b> in medic. lang., an [[obstinate]], [[malignant]] [[disease]], Cels. 5, 28, n 2; Plin. 24, 3, 3, § 7.—Plur. cacoëthe = κακοήθη, τά, Plin. 22, 25, 64, § 132; 24, 10, 47, § 78. —Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., an [[incurable]] [[passion]] for [[writing]] or scribbling: insanabile Scribendi cacoëthes, Juv. 7, 52.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>căcŏēthēs</b>, ĕs, adj., ([[κακοήθης]]), pernicieux, malin [en t. de médecine] : Plin. 24, 78 ; Cass. Fel. 17, p.&nbsp;24, 6.<br />(2) <b>căcŏēthĕs</b>,¹⁶ is, n. (κακόηθες), mauvaise habitude, fâcheuse manie : Juv. 7, 52 &#124;&#124; tumeur [[difficile]] à distinguer du carcinome : Cels. Med. 5, 28.||tumeur [[difficile]] à distinguer du carcinome : Cels. Med. 5, 28.
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{{Georges
|georg=cacoēthes, is, n. (κακόηθες, [[boshaft]]), [[als]] t. t. der Mediz. = die hartnäckige, bösartige [[Krankheit]], Cels. u. Plin.: im Plur. cacoēthe (τὰ κακοήθη), Plin. – übtr., [[von]] der unheilbaren [[Krankheit]] der Schreibsucht, Iuven. 7, 52.
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