ἀσθενής
Adv.
ές, ά
A.
without strength, weak,
1.
in body, feeble, sickly, τοὺς ἀσθενέας τῆς στρατιῆς Hdt. 4.135, cf. Hp. VM 12; ἀσθενεῖ χρωτὶ βαίνων Pi. P. 1.55, etc.; ὁ παντάπασιν ἀ. τῷ σώματι D. 21.165; ἀ. περὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν Luc. Nigr. 4; τοὺς ἀσθενεστάτους ἐς τὰς ταλαιπωρίας least able to bear hardship, Hdt. 4.134; ἀσθενέστερος πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν too weak to . . , D. 23.54. Adv. ἀσθενῶς, ἴσχειν Pl. Lg. 659e, cf. OGI 751.8 (Amblada, ii B.C.).
2.
in mind, and the like , τὸ ἀ. τῆς γνώμης the weakness, Th. 2.61.
3.
in power, weak, feeble, ἀ. δύναμις Hdt. 7.9.ά, cf. 1.58; τέχνη δ’ ἀνάγκης‐εστέρα μακρῷ A. Pr. 514; πόλιν ἑνὸς‐εστέραν S. OC 1033; εἰς ὠφέλειαν ἀ. D. Ep. 2.15.
4.
in property, weak, poor, οἱ χρήμασιν ἀσθενέστεροι Hdt. 2.88: abs., ὅ τ’ ἀ. ὁ πλούσιός τε E. Supp. 433; οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι the weaker sort, i.e. the poor, X. Cyr. 8.1.30, cf. Lys. 1.2.
5.
insignificant, οὐκ ἀσθενέστατος σοφιστὴς Ἑλλήνων Hdt. 4.95; paltry, ἀ. σόφισμα A. Pr. 1011; of streams, petty, small, Hdt. 2.25; of fluids, of small specific gravity, Id. 3.23; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται comes to nothing, Id. 1.120. Adv. ‐νῶς feebly, without energy, Pl. R. 528b; on slight evidence, ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι Onos. Praef.: Comp. ἀσθενεστέρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν Pl. Phdr. 255e; ‐έστερον Id. Chrm. 172b; ‐έστερα Th. 1.141.