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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

  • πέρασ οὖν κακῆσ ἀναστροφῆσ ἔτυχεν ἐγκλεισθεὶσ πρὸσ Ἀρέταν τὸν τῶν Ἀράβων τύρρανον, πόλιν ἐκ πόλεωσ φεύγων, διωκόμενοσ ὑπὸ πάντων καὶ στυγούμενοσ ὡσ τῶν νόμων ἀποστάτησ καὶ βδελυσσόμενοσ ὡσ πατρίδοσ καὶ πολιτῶν δήμιοσ, εἰσ Αἴγυπτον ἐξεβράσθη. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 5:8)
  • ἵνα ρύσηταί σε ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆσ καὶ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸσ λαλοῦντοσ μηδὲν πιστόν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 2:12)
  • μὴ ἐκκλίνῃσ εἰσ τὰ δεξιὰ μηδὲ εἰσ τὰ ἀριστερά, ἀπόστρεψον δὲ σὸν πόδα ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆσ. ὁδοὺσ γὰρ τὰσ ἐκ δεξιῶν οἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, διεστραμμέναι δέ εἰσιν αἱ ἐξ ἀριστερῶν. αὐτὸσ δὲ ὀρθὰσ ποιήσει τὰσ τροχιάσ σου, τὰσ δὲ πορείασ σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ προάξει. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 4:26)
  • α εἰσὶν ὁδοὶ κακαὶ ἐνώπιον ἀνδρόσ, καὶ οὐκ ἀγαπᾷ τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν. ἀποστρέφειν δὲ δεῖ ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ σκολιᾶσ καὶ κακῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 22:16)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἤκουσάν μου, καὶ οὐ προσέσχε τὸ οὖσ αὐτῶν, ἀλλ’ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν τοῖσ ἐνθυμήμασι τῆσ καρδίασ αὐτῶν τῆσ κακῆσ καὶ ἐγενήθησαν εἰσ τὰ ὄπισθεν καὶ οὐκ εἰσ τὰ ἔμπροσθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 7:23)

Synonyms

  1. Of circumstances

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