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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

  • ὅσασ ἔδειξάσ μοι θλίψεισ πολλὰσ καὶ κακάσ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψασ ἐζωοποίησάσ με, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀβύσσων τῆσ γῆσ πάλιν ἀνήγαγέσ με. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 70:20)
  • υἱὸσ ἀπολειπόμενοσ φυλάξαι παιδείαν πατρὸσ μελετήσει ρήσεισ κακάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 19:25)
  • ἀσεβὴσ ἐπιθυμεῖ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐπιθυμίασ κακάσ, ὁ δὲ δίκαιοσ ἐλεᾷ καὶ οἰκτείρει ἀφειδῶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 21:25)
  • καὶ ἐπιγνώσεσθε διότι ἐγὼ Κύριοσ ἐν τῷ ποιῆσαί με οὕτωσ ὑμῖν, ὅπωσ τὸ ὄνομά μου μὴ βεβηλωθῇ κατὰ τὰσ ὁδοὺσ ὑμῶν τὰσ κακὰσ καὶ κατὰ τὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα ὑμῶν τὰ διεφθαρμένα, λέγει Κύριοσ. . (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 20:44)
  • ὦ μήτηρ σὺν ἑπτὰ παισὶ καταλύσασα τὴν τοῦ τυράννου βίαν καὶ ἀκυρώσασα τὰσ κακὰσ ἐπινοίασ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιδείξασα τὴν τῆσ πίστεωσ γενναιότητα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. Of circumstances

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