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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

  • παῤ ὀλίγον ἐγενόμην ἐν παντὶ κακῷ ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίασ καὶ συναγωγῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 5:14)
  • συνάντημα ἓν τῷ δικαίῳ καὶ τῷ ἀσεβεῖ, τῷ ἀγαθῷ καὶ τῷ κακῷ καὶ τῷ καθαρῷ καὶ τῷ ἀκαθάρτῳ καὶ τῷ θυσιάζοντι καὶ τῷ μὴ θυσιάζοντι. ὡσ ὁ ἀγαθόσ, ὡσ ὁ ἁμαρτάνων. ὡσ ὁ ὀμνύων, καθὼσ ὁ τὸν ὅρκον φοβούμενοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 9:2)
  • ὅτι καί γε οὐκ ἔγνω ὁ ἄνθρωποσ τὸν καιρὸν αὐτοῦ. ὡσ οἱ ἰχθύεσ οἱ θηρευόμενοι ἐν ἀμφιβλήστρῳ κακῷ καὶ ὡσ ὄρνεα τὰ θηρευόμενα ἐν παγίδι, ὡσ αὐτὰ παγιδεύονται οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰσ καιρὸν πονηρόν, ὅταν ἐπιπέσῃ ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ ἄφνω. (Septuagint, Liber Ecclesiastes 9:12)
  • ἐκείνω μὲν οὖν τὼ μειρακίω, ἀτασθάλω γὰρ ἤστην, δίκασ ἐτισάτην νὼ δὲ ‐ οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ κακῷ τῶν θεῶν ταῦτα βουλεύομεν ‐ τί οὐχὶ οἰκοδομοῦμεν καὶ αὐτοὶ κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ ἐπικυλινδοῦντεσ ἐπάλληλα τὰ ὄρη, ὡσ ἔχοιμεν ἀφ’ ὑψηλοτέρου ἀκριβεστέραν τὴν σκοπήν; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 3:11)
  • ὡσ γάρ μιν ἡ συμφορὴ κατέλαβεν, ἀμηχανέων τῷ κακῷ αἰσχρῷ δοκέοντι κατ’ ἡσυχίην ἐνόσεεν, ἔκειτο δὲ ἀλγέων οὐδέν, καὶ οἱ ἥ τε χροιὴ πάμπαν ἐτρέπετο καὶ τὸ σῶμα δι’ ἡμέρησ ἐμαραίνετο. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 17:5)

Synonyms

  1. Of circumstances

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