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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθενής]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμαυρός]].

[[physically weak]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθενής]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἄρρωστος]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἄναλκις]], [[ἄναρθρος]].

[[failing]], [[limp]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὑγρός]], [[ἔκλυτος]].

[[be weak]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσθενεῖν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀρρωστεῖν]].

[[weak in power]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀδύνατος]], [[ἀσθενής]].

of [[cities]]: also [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μικρός]], [[σμικρός]].

[[the weaker party]], subs.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὁ ἥσσων]], [[ὁ ἐλάσσων]].

[[soft]], [[effeminate]], adj.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μαλακός]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μαλθακός]] (also [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[foolish]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εὐήθης]]; see [[foolish]].

[[poor]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φαῦλος]], [[κακός]].

[[small]] [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μικρός]], [[σμικρός]], [[λεπτός]], [[ἀσθενής]], [[ὀλίγος]].

[[hesitating]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὀκνηρός]], [[ἀπρόθυμος]].

[[having weak sight]]: see [[short-sighted]].

[[the weak spots]], subs.: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ σαθρά]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 52).

I should find out, I think, where his weak points are: [[prose|P.]] εὕροιμ' ἂν οἶμαι ὅπη σαθρός ἐστι ([[Plato]], ''[[Euthyphro]]'', 5B; cp. also [[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 24).

[[know you what part of your tale is weakest]]? [[verse|V.]] [[οἶσθ' οὖν ὃ κάμνει τοῦ λόγου μάλιστά σοι]]; ([[Euripides]], ''[[Ion]]'', 363).

[[that where the wall was weak armed help might be forthcoming from near at hand]]: [[ὡς τῷ νοσοῦντι τειχέων εἴη δορὸς ἀλκὴ δι' ὀλίγου]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 1097).

'tis sweet to empty a cup of this into a weaker draught: [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπεισβαλεῖν ἡδὺ σκύφον τοῦδ' ἀσθενεστέρῳ ποτῷ]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Electra]]'' 498).
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