καχεκτέω

A. to be in a bad habit of body, be unwell, Plb. 29.17.4, Alex.Aphr. in SE 9.1; κ. ταῖς ψυχαῖς to be ill-disposed, disaffected, Plb. 20.7.4; of the condition of a State, ib.4.1.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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