νοσέω
Alt. νοσέω,
Etym. νόσος
1. "to be sick, ill, to ail", whether in body or mind, Hdt., attic; τῆς πόλεως οὔπω νενοσηκυίας not yet "having suffered from the plague", Thuc.; ν. ὀφθαλμούς "to be affected in" the eyes, Plat.; τὸ νοσοῦν, ῀ νόσος, Soph.:—also of things, γῆ νοσεῖ Xen.
2. of passion, ν. μάτην "to be mad", Soph.; θολερῷ χειμῶνι νοσήσας id=Soph.
3. generally, "to be in an unsound state, to suffer", νοσεῖ τὰ τῶν θεῶν Eur.; ν. τι τῶν ἀπορρήτων κακῶν id=Eur.:—of states, "to suffer" from faction, be in disorder, Hdt.