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κακόβουλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακόβουλος κακόβουλον

Structure: κακοβουλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: boulh/

Sense

  1. ill-advised

Examples

  • Κεκροπίδη κακόβουλε τί τοῦθ’ ἡγεῖ μέγα τοὔργον; (Aristotle, Episode 1:33)
  • κἀμὲ φιλείτω, μισθὸν καὶ παρ’ ἐμοῦ λαμβανέτω τί θέλει, οὐχὶ τὸ πῦρ κλέψασ δέδεσαι, κακόβουλε Προμηθεῦ, ἀλλ’ ὅτι τὸν πηλὸν τοῦ Διὸσ ἠφάνισασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 219 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. ill-advised

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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