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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

  • καὶ καρδία τεκταινομένη λογισμοὺσ κακοὺσ καὶ πόδεσ ἐπισπεύδοντεσ κακοποιεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:22)
  • Ὁ παιδεύων κακοὺσ λήψεται ἑαυτῷ ἀτιμίαν. ἐλέγχων δὲ τὸν ἀσεβῆ μωμήσεται ἑαυτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 9:7)
  • μὴ ἔλεγχε κακούσ, ἵνα μὴ μισήσωσί σε. ἔλεγχε σοφόν, καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 9:8)
  • ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου, σκοπεύουσι κακούσ τε καὶ ἀγαθούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:3)
  • ΥΙΕ, μὴ ζηλώσῃσ κακοὺσ ἄνδρασ μηδὲ ἐπιθυμήσῃσ εἶναι μετ̓ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:1)

Synonyms

  1. Of circumstances

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