Lexical Definition

‎νοσέω‎ noséō (nos-eh'-o) be sick ^G:V
from ‎νόσος‎

dote.

• to be sick, i.e. (by implication, of a diseased appetite) to hanker after (figuratively, to harp upon)

Abbott-Smith

** νοσέω, -ῶ (< νόσος), [in LXX (metaph.): Wi 17:8*;]
to be sick: metaph., of mental ailment, seq. περί, I Ti 6:4 (cf. Plat., Mor., 546 d).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

νοσέω-έω

(no Ionic dialect form νουσέω is found), to be sick, ail, whether in body or mind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς πόλεως.. οὔπω νενοσέωηκυίας not yet having suffered from the plague, [νοσέωηκὸς αἷμα ">Refs 5th c.BC+]diseased, [νοσέωεῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.33, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 220; τελευταίαν νόσον ν. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.30; τι τῶν ἀπορρήτων κακῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 293: with \_accusative\_ partis, νοσέωεῖν κῶλον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 41; ν. ὀφθαλμούς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 496a; νεφρούς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 671b11, etc.">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ νοσέωοῦν, ={νόσος}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist νοσέωῆσαι, fall sick, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, γῆ νοσέωεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, ἡμέραι αἱ νοσέωούμεναι days on which one is ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 of passion, ν. μάταν to be mad, [νοσέωήσας [prev. work] 207 (\_anapaest meter\_)">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἀλαστόρων ν. [Refs]; νοσέωῶν alone, opposed to σώφρων,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. περὶ δόξαν to have a morbid craving for fame, [νοσέωούσης ἐστὶ φάρμακον λόγος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 550. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 generally, suffer, νοσέωεῖ τὰ τῶν θεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκεῖ νοσέωοῦμεν ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of states, suffer from faction and the like, ἡ Μίλητος νοσέωήσασα στάσι [νοσέωεῖ πόλις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1015, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 243e; νοσέωοῦσι καὶ τεταραγμένοις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.14; νοσέωοῦντας ἐν αὑτοῖς [prev. author] 9.50; ἀπόλωλε καὶ νενόσηκεν ἡ Ἑλλάς [prev. work]39; αἱ δὲ πόλεις ἐνόσουν [prev. author] 18.45; τὰ πράγματα νοσέωοῦντα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 6.4; νοσέωῶν γάμος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 8.20. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]