ἀσκέειν, περὶ τὰ νουσήματα, δύο, ὠφελέειν, ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
adj.
Of persons or things: P. and V. ἁπλοῦς; see free. Of things: P. and V. εὐθύς. Sheer, unmixed: P. ἄκρατος; see absolute. Downright slavery: P. ἄντικρυς (adv.) δουλεία (Thuc. 1, 122).
