νοσέω, νόσῳ; (νόσος); from (Aeschylus), Herodotus down; to be sick; metaphorically, of any ailment of the mind (ἀνηκέστω πονηρία νόσειν Ἀθηναιους, Xenophon, mem. 3, 5, 18 and many other examples in Greek authors): περί τί, to be taken with such an interest in a thing as amounts to a disease, to have a morbid fondness for, 1Ti_6:4 (περί δόξαν, Plato, mor., p. 546 d.).

νοσέω noseō 1x to be sick; met. to have a diseased appetite or craving for a thing, have an excessive and vicious fondness for a thing, 1Ti_6:4

** νοσέω , -ῶ ( < νόσος ), [in LXX ( metaph .): Wis_17:8 * ;] to be sick: metaph ., of mental ailment, seq . περί , 1Ti_6:4 ( cf. Plat ., Mor., 546 d).†

νοσέω [page 430] νοσέω in its literal sense am sick occurs in such passages as P Oxy I. 76 .20 (A.D. 179) νοσήσας ἐπισφαλῶς ἔχει , has fallen ill and is in a precarious condition (Edd. ), PSI IV. 299 .14 (iii/A.D.) ἐνόσησαν δὲ πάντες οἱ κατὰ τὴν οἰκίαν , P Oxy VIII. 1161 .8 (Christian iv/A.D.) ταῦτα δέ σοι ἔγραψα νοσοῦσα , δ [ιν ]ῶς ἔχουσα , I write this to you in sickness, being very ill (Ed.), ib. X. 1299 .5 (iv/A.D.) ἀπὸ τοῦ νέω (= νέου ) ἔτους πολλὰ ἐνοσοῦμεν . Cf. also the iii/B.C. Coan decree conferring a gold crown on a physician for his services during an epidemic, Cos 5 .5 (= Syll 490 (= .3 943)) παρέχων αὐτοσαυ [τὸ ]ν π [ρ ]ό [θυμ ]ον εἰς τὰν σωτηρίαν τῶν νοσεύντ [ων .

νοσέω νοσέω, [Etym: νόσος] "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. of passion, ν. μάτην "to be mad", Soph. ; θολερῷ χειμῶνι νοσήσας id=Soph. 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.

νοσέω, -ῶ (νόσος), [in LXX (metaphorically): Wis.17:8 * ;] to be sick: metaphorically, of mental ailment, before περί, 1Ti.6:4 (cf. Plat., Mor., 546 d).† (AS)