ἀσθενής
Etym. σθένος
I. "without strength, weak, feeble, weakly", Hdt., etc.; ἀσθενέστερος πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν "too weak" to bear labour, Dem.:— τὸ ἀσθενὲς ῀ ἀσθένεια, Thuc.
2. of property, "weak, poor", Hdt., Eur.; οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι "the weaker sort", i. e. "the poor", Xen.
3. "insignificant", οὐκ ἀσθενέστατος σοφιστής Hdt.; of streams, "petty, small", id=Hdt.
II. adv. ἀσθενῶς, "feebly, slightly", Plat.: comp. -έστερον or -έστερα id=Plat., Thuc.