κακουχία

A. maltreatment, Pl. R. 615b; of a wife, BGU 1105.18 (Aug.); 'mobbing', Plb. 5.15.6 (dub. l.); ἐν Χθονὸς κ. devastation, A. Th. 668.

II. = καχεξία, bad condition, Alex. 80; misery, distress, Plb. 3.64.8, Vett. Val.127.13: pl., of ascetic practices, μάτην ἑαυτοὺς καταικισάμενοι ταῖς κ. Plu. 2.117f.