κακός
First/Second declension Adjective;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κακός
κακή
κακόν
Structure:
κακ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- As a measure of quality: bad, worthless, useless
- As a measure of appearance: ugly, hideous
- Of circumstances: injurious, wretched, unhappy
- 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.
- ἑνὶ γὰρ ξυνέχεσθαι κρεῖττον ἢ δυοῖν κακοῖν. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 4:24)
- κρεῖσσον γὰρ τόδ’ ἢ δυοῖν κακοῖν ἕν’ ὄντα χρῆσθαι, τὰσ φρένασ τ’ ἔχειν κακὰσ ἄλλων τ’ ἀκούειν δοῦλον ὄντα τῶν πέλασ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue23)
- καὶ πάλιν εἰ δυεῖν κακοῖν ὑφ’ οὗ μὲν γιγνόμεθα χείρονεσ, ὅταν παραγένηται, τὸ δὲ βλάπτει μὲν οὐ ποιεῖ δὲ χείρονασ, παρὰ τὴν ἔννοιάν ἐστι μὴ λέγειν ἐκεῖνο μεῖζον εἶναι κακόν, ὑφ’ οὗ γιγνόμεθα χείρονεσ, ὅταν παραγένηται, τοῦ ὃ βλάπτει μὲν οὐ ποιεῖ δὲ χείρονασ· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 25 4:1)
- καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἐπείσθη ἀγῶνα τοιοῦτον ἀγωνίσασθαι, ἐν ᾧ δυοῖν τοῖν μεγίστοιν κακοῖν οὐκ ἦν αὐτῷ ἁμαρτεῖν· (Andocides, Speeches, 42:2)
- ὃσ εἰσ τοσοῦτον ἦλθον δυσδαιμονίασ, εἴτε χρὴ εἰπεῖν νεότητί τε καὶ ἀνοίᾳ τῇ ἐμαυτοῦ, εἴτε καὶ δυνάμει τῶν πεισάντων με ἐλθεῖν εἰσ τοιαύτην συμφορὰν τῶν φρενῶν, ὥστ’ ἀνάγκην μοι γενέσθαι δυοῖν κακοῖν τοῖν μεγίστοιν θάτερον ἑλέσθαι, ἢ μὴ βουληθέντι κατειπεῖν τοὺσ ταῦτα ποιήσαντασ οὐ περὶ ἐμοῦ μόνου ὀρρωδεῖν, εἴ τι ἔδει παθεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν πατέρα οὐδὲν ἀδικοῦντα σὺν ἐμαυτῷ ἀποκτεῖναι ‐ ὅπερ ἀνάγκη παθεῖν ἦν αὐτῷ, εἰ ἐγὼ μὴ ἐβουλόμην ταῦτα ποιῆσαι ‐ ἢ κατειπόντι τὰ γεγενημένα αὐτὸν μὲν ἀφεθέντα μὴ τεθνάναι, τοῦ δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ πατρὸσ μὴ φονέα γενέσθαι. (Andocides, Speeches, 12:1)
Synonyms
-
Of circumstances
Derived
- ἄκακος (unknowing of ill, guileless, innocent)
