καχεξία
τὸ γὰρ πράττειν τοῦ λέγειν καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὕστερον ὂν τῇ τάξει, πρότερον τῇ δυνάμει καὶ κρεῖττόν ἐστιν (Demosthenes 3.15) → for action, even though posterior in the order of events to speaking and voting, is prior in importance and superior
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A bad habit of body, opp. εὐεξία, Hp.Aph.3.31 (pl.), Pl.Grg.450a, Arist.EN1129a20, PSI6.632.8 (iii B.C.); distd. from κακοχυμία, Gal. 10.263. 2 of the mind, bad disposition, disaffection, Diph.24, Nicol.Com.1.12, Plb.5.87.3, Hierocl.in CA7p.430M.: play on both meanings in Str.14.5.14. 3 in Lit. Crit., bad style, κ. τῆς ἑρμηνείας Phld.Rh.1.188 S., al.: pl., ib.189 S.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1409] ἡ, schlechter Zustand, bes. schlechte Beschaffenheit des Leibes u. der Gesundheit; σωμάτων, Ggstz εὐεξία, Plat. Gorg. 450 a; Arist. part. anim. 3, 5; Sp., bes. Medic. – Uebertr., üble Gesinnung, schlechte Denkart, Diphil. bei Ath. VI, 254 f; καὶ ῥᾳθυμία Pol. 5, 87, 3.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κᾰχεξία: ἡ, (ἕξις), κακὴ κατάστασις τοῦ σώματος, ἀντίθ. τῷ εὐεξία, Ἱππ. Ἀφ. 1248, Πλάτ. Γοργ. 450Α, Ἀριστ., κτλ. 2) ἐπὶ τῆς ψυχῆς, κακὴ διάθεσις, κακὴ κατάστασις, Δίφιλ. ἐν «Γαμ.» 1, Νικόλ. ἐν Ἀδήλ. 1. 12, Πολύβ. 5. 87, 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
mauvaise constitution physique.
Étymologie: κακός, ἔχω.
