ἄρρωστος
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English (LSJ)
ον, (ῥώννυμι)
A weak, sickly, Arist. HA634b14, Plu.2.465c. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν Aeschin.2.14, cf. D.H.7.12; διακεῖσθαι Isoc.19.20. 2 in moral sense, weak, feeble, τὴν ψυχήν X.Ap.30, cf. Oec.4.2 (Comp.). 3 ἀρρωστότερος ἐς τὴν μισθοδοσίαν remiss in payment, Th.8.83. [ᾰρωστος AP11.206 (Lucill.).]
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
1 faible, malade;
2 fig. non disposé à, avec ἐς.
Étymologie: ἀ, ῥώννυμι.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
• Alolema(s): ἄρω- AP 11.206 (Lucill.)
I 1enfermo αὐταὶ δ' αὑτῶν ὁτὲ μὲν ἀρρωστότεραι, ὁτὲ δ' ἰσχύουσι μᾶλλον Arist.HA 634b14, ἐγὼ ... [ἄρρωστ] ος ἐτύγχανον ... ὤν PCair.Zen.18.5 (III a.C.), cf. AP 11.206 (Lucill.), Babr.75.1, D.C.50.18.3, Ael.NA 17.4, Hierocl.Facet.222, GDI 1878.17 (Delfos II a.C.), PMasp.151.185 (IV d.C.)
•subst. ἄρρωστοι τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα catorce casos clínicos Hp.Epid.1.26 tít., οἷον ἀρρώστῳ παραινῶν ἑκάστῳ Plu.2.465c.
2 en sent. moral débil, flojo οὐκ ἄ. τὴν ψυχήν X.Ap.30, τῶν δὲ σωμάτων θηλυνομένων καὶ αἱ ψυχαὶ πολὺ ἀρρωστότεραι X.Oec.4.2
•ἐς τὴν μισθοδοσίαν ἀρρωστότερον peor dispuesto para la paga Th.8.83.
II adv. -ως sin fuerza, en estado enfermizo ἀ. διακεῖσθαι Isoc.19.20, D.H.7.12, Corp.Herm.18.7, ἀ. ἔχειν estar enfermo Aeschin.2.14.
English (Thayer)
ἄρρωστον (ῤώννυμι, which see), without strength, weak; sick: Hippocrates), Xenophon, Plutarch.)