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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

  • εἶτ̓ ἐμπαραγίνεταί σοι ὥσπερ κακὸσ ὁδοιπόροσ ἡ πενία καὶ ἡ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ ἀγαθὸσ δρομεύσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:14)
  • α ἐὰν δὲ ἄοκνοσ ᾖσ, ἥξει ὥσπερ πηγὴ ὁ ἀμητόσ σου, ἡ δὲ ἔνδεια ὥσπερ κακὸσ δρομεὺσ ἀπαυτομολήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 6:15)
  • υἱέ, ἐὰν σοφὸσ γένῃ σεαυτῷ, σοφὸσ ἔση καὶ τοῖσ πλησίον. ἐὰν δὲ κακὸσ ἀποβῇσ, μόνοσ ἂν ἀντλήσεισ κακά. ὃσ ἐρείδεται ἐπὶ ψεύδεσιν, οὗτοσ ποιμαίνει ἀνέμουσ, ὁ δ̓ αὐτὸσ διώξεται ὄρνεα πετόμενα. ἀπέλιπε γὰρ ὁδοὺσ τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ ἀμπελῶνοσ, τοὺσ δὲ ἄξονασ τοῦ ἰδίου γεωργίου πεπλάνηται. διαπορεύεται δὲ δἰ ἀνύδρου ἐρήμου καὶ γῆν διατεταγμένην ἐν διψώδεσι, συνάγει δὲ χερσὶν ἀκαρπίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 9:12)
  • κακὸσ μεθ̓ ὕβρεωσ πράσσει κακά, οἱ δὲ ἑαυτῶν ἐπιγνώμονεσ σοφοί. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 13:10)
  • οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃ ὁ κακὸσ αὐτῇ, οὐδὲ μὴ εἴπῃ καίριόν τι καὶ καλὸν τῷ κοινῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:24)

Synonyms

  1. Of circumstances

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