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νοσ-έω (no Ion. form νουσέω is found),
A.to be sick, ail, whether in body or mind, Hdt.1.105, etc.; τῆς πόλεως . . οὔπω νενοσηκυίας not yet having suffered from the plague, Th. 2.31; “νενοσηκὸς αἷμαdiseased, Arist.HA521a18; “νόσῳ ν.A.Pr.386: c. acc. cogn., “νοῦσον νοσεῖνHdt.3.33, cf. E.Andr.220; “τελευταίαν νόσον ν.Antipho 1.30; “τι τῶν ἀπορρήτων κακῶνE.Hipp.293: c. acc. partis, “νοσεῖν κῶλονS.Ph.41; “ν. ὀφθαλμούςPl.Grg.496a; “νεφρούςArist. PA671b11, etc.; τὸ νοσοῦν, = νόσος, S.Ph.675, Pl.Smp.186b: freq. in aor. νοσῆσαι, fall sick, Hdt.1.19, Th.1.138, Arist.Rh.1392a11, Luc. Macr.22, etc.; of things, “γῆ νοσεῖX.Ath.2.6; of plants, Thphr.CP5.9.9:—Pass., ἡμέραι αἱ νοσούμεναι days on which one is ill, Hp.Septim. 7.
2. of passion, “ν. μάτανto be mad, S.Aj.635 (lyr.); θολερῷ χειμῶνι νοσήσας ib.207 (anap.); “ἐξ ἀλαστόρων ν.Id.Tr.1235; νοσῶν alone, opp. σώφρων, ib.435; “ν. τὰς φρέναςCratin.329; ν. περὶ δόξαν to have a morbid craving for fame, Plu.2.546f; “ψυχῆς νοσούσης ἐστὶ φάρμακον λόγοςMen.Mon.550.
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