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A. to be utterly weak, Hp. Morb. 4.43, Arist. MM 1203b11; of plants, to be exhausted, Thphr. CP 5.9.11: metaph., τοῖς λογισμοῖς Agatharch. Fr.Hist. 20(a) J., cf. D.S. 20.78; to be in financial straits, PTeb. 50.33 (ii B. C.), etc.: c.inf., to be too weak to . ., ὁσάκις ἂν ὁ λόγος ‐ήσῃ ἐναργῶς παραστῆσαι Ael. Tact. 1.5.