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κακός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακός κακή κακόν

Structure: κακ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. As a measure of quality: bad, worthless, useless
  2. As a measure of appearance: ugly, hideous
  3. Of circumstances: injurious, wretched, unhappy
  4. As a measure of character: low, mean, vile, evil

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπειδὴ εὗρεν ὁ παῖσ σου ἔλεοσ ἐναντίον σου καὶ ἐμεγάλυνασ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, ὃ ποιεῖσ ἐπ̓ ἐμὲ τοῦ ζῆν τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ δυνήσομαι διασωθῆναι εἰσ τὸ ὄροσ, μήποτε καταλάβῃ με τὰ κακὰ καὶ ἀποθάνω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:19)
  • πῶσ γὰρ ἀναβήσομαι πρὸσ τὸν πατέρα, τοῦ παιδίου μὴ ὄντοσ μεθ̓ ἡμῶν̣ ἵνα μὴ ἴδω τὰ κακά, ἃ εὑρήσει τὸν πατέρα μου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 44:34)
  • Ἰδόντεσ δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Ἰωσὴφ ὅτι τέθνηκεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν, εἶπαν. μή ποτε μνησικακήσῃ ἡμῖν Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἀνταπόδομα ἀνταποδῷ ἡμῖν πάντα τὰ κακά, ἃ ἐνεδειξάμεθα εἰσ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 50:15)
  • ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποιήσητε οὕτωσ, ἁμαρτήσεσθε ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ὑμῶν, ὅταν ὑμᾶσ καταλάβῃ τὰ κακά. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:23)
  • καὶ διαστελεῖ αὐτὸν Κύριοσ εἰσ κακὰ ἐκ πάντων υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ πάσασ τὰσ ἀρὰσ τῆσ διαθήκησ τὰσ γεγραμμένασ ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τοῦ νόμου τούτου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 29:20)

Synonyms

  1. Of circumstances

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