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căcŏēthĕs (noun N) = κακόηθες, τό: (bad state or habit);
* In medic. lang.,an obstinate, malignant disease,Cels. 5, 28, n 2; Plin. 24, 3, 3, § 7.—Plur. cacoëthe = κακοήθη, τά, Plin. 22, 25, 64, § 132; 24, 10, 47, § 78. —Hence
* Trop., an incurable passion for writing or scribbling: insanabile Scribendi cacoëthes,Juv. 7, 52.
* In medic. lang.,an obstinate, malignant disease,Cels. 5, 28, n 2; Plin. 24, 3, 3, § 7.—Plur. cacoëthe = κακοήθη, τά, Plin. 22, 25, 64, § 132; 24, 10, 47, § 78. —Hence
* Trop., an incurable passion for writing or scribbling: insanabile Scribendi cacoëthes,Juv. 7, 52.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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