πήρωσις

A. maiming, disabling in the limbs or senses, γῆρας ὁλόκληρός ἐστι π. Democr. 296, cf. Arist. EN 1131a9 : freq. in pl., Hp. Art. 61, Pl. Lg. 874e, 925e, Arist. EN 1148b17 ; νόσοι καὶ πηρώσεις ib.1145a31 ; πήρωσις τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν Plu. 2.633c, Luc. DMar. 2.4 (abs., blindness, Dsc. 2.180, Plu. 2.791d, Luc. Dom. 29) ; ἀκοῆς Plu. 2.167c : generally, π. τινὸς αἰσθήσιος Aret. SD 1.4; π. ψυχῆς Man. 4.518 ; of plants, Thphr. HP 2.4.3, 4.14.8 (pl.).