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|Definition=-εως, ἡ, [[maiming]], [[disabling]] in the limbs or senses, <b class="b3">γῆρας ὁλόκληρός ἐστι π.</b> Democr.296, cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1131a9: freq. in plural, Hp.''Art.''61, Pl.''Lg.'' 874e, 925e, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1148b17; <b class="b3">νόσοι καὶ πηρώσεις</b> ib.1145a31; πήρωσις τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν Plu.2.633c, Luc.''DMar.''2.4 (abs., [[blindness]], Dsc.2.180, Plu.2.791d, Luc.''Dom.''29); πήρωσις ἀκοῆς = [[deafness]] Plu.2.167c: generally, πήρωσις τινὸς αἰσθήσιος Aret.''SD''1.4; πήρωσις ψυχῆς Man.4.518; of plants, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 2.4.3, 4.14.8 (pl.).