νόσημα γὰρ αἴσχιστον εἶναί φημι συνθέτους λόγους → for I consider false words to be the foulest sickness
ălōpĕcĭa: ae, f., = ἀλωπεκία>,
I the foxsickness, in which the hair falls off, the foxmange, a disease common among foxes (usu. in <number opt="n">plur.</number>), Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; 20, 5, 20, § 41.