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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

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	κακός	κακή	κακόν
	Genitive	κακοῦ	κακῆς	κακοῦ
	Dative	κακῷ	κακῇ	κακῷ
	Accusative	κακόν	κακήν	κακόν
	Vocative	κακέ	κακή	κακόν
Dual	N/A/V	κακώ	κακᾱ́	κακώ
Dual	G/D	κακοῖν	κακαῖν	κακοῖν
Plural	Nominative	κακοί	κακαί	κακά
	Genitive	κακῶν	κακῶν	κακῶν
	Dative	κακοῖς	κακαῖς	κακοῖς
	Accusative	κακούς	κακᾱ́ς	κακά
	Vocative	κακοί	κακαί	κακά

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	κακός κακοῦ	κακίων κακιονός	κακίστος κακιστοῦ
Adverb	κακώς	κακίον	κακίστα

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

ἑώρων δὲ οἱ γραμματεῖσ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἑαυτοὺσ ἐν κακοῖσ λέγοντεσ. οὐκ ἀπολείψετε τῆσ πλινθείασ τὸ καθῆκον τῇ ἡμέρᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 5:19)
οὐχ οὕτωσ. ἰδοὺ προστίθημί σε πρὸσ τοὺσ πατέρασ σου, καὶ συναχθήσῃ εἰσ τὸν τάφον σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ὀφθήσεται ἐν τοῖσ ὀφθαλμοῖσ σου ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ κακοῖσ, οἷσ ἐγώ εἰμι ἐπάγω ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον. καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ ρῆμα. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 22:20)
καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸσ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔλαβεν ἐν γαστρὶ καὶ ἔτεκεν υἱόν, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Βαραγά, ὅτι ἐν κακοῖσ ἐγένετο ἐν οἴκῳ μου. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 7:23)
ἰδοὺ προστίθημί σε πρὸσ τοὺσ πατέρασ σου, καὶ προστεθήσῃ πρὸσ τὰ μνήματά σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ὄψονται οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ κακοῖσ, οἷσ ἐγὼ ἐπάγω ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τοῦτον καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ αὐτόν. καὶ ἀπέδωκαν τῷ βασιλεῖ λόγον, (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 34:28)
ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺσ ἐξανέστη ἀπὸ τοῦ συμποσίου εἰσ τὸν κῆπον. ὁ δὲ Ἀμὰν παρῃτεῖτο τὴν βασίλισσαν, ἑώρα γὰρ ἑαυτὸν ἐν κακοῖσ ὄντα. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 7:7)

Synonyms

Of circumstances
- δάιος (unhappy, wretched)

κακῶς ()
χαρτός (that is matter of delight)
ἀγαθός (good)
ἐπιλήθω (to cause to forget)
ἐπίληθος (causing to forget)
φευκτός (to be shunned or avoided)
ἄχολος (allaying bile or anger)
νοσηρός (diseased)
νοσερός (of sickness)
φθαρτικός (destructive of)
πῆμα (suffering)
δορκάς (roe)
ὀφειλέτης (debtor)
ἀντέχω (to hold against)
θεήλατος (driven or hunted by a god)
ἀνίατος (incurable)
ἀνία (grief)
κολαστέος (to be chastised)
αὐθαίρετος (self-chosen)
καταγιγνώσκω (to remark)
ἀποτυγχάνω (to fail in hitting or gaining)
παῦλα (rest)
δυσαπάλλακτος (hard to get rid of)
βλαβερός (hurtful)
αὔχημα (a thing boasted of)
παραίτιος (being in part the cause)
ἀλγεινός (giving pain)
Εὐρῑπίδειος (Euripidean)
διχόνοια (discord)
συγγνωστός (to be pardoned)

Derived

ἄκακος (unknowing of ill, guileless, innocent)

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κακός

Sense

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Of circumstances

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κακός

Sense

Declension

Examples

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Of circumstances

Related

Derived

Similar forms

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