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κακοῦργος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακοῦργος

Structure: κακουργ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)/rgw

Sense

  1. doing ill, mischievous, knavish, villanous, importunate
  2. a malefactor, criminal, a thief, robber
  3. doing harm, hurtful

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ οὐχ ὥσπερ οἱ πλεονέκται τῶν ἄλλων ἀφαιρούμενοι χρήματα ἑαυτοὺσ δοκοῦσι πλουτίζειν, οὕτωσ ὁ ἀκρατὴσ τοῖσ μὲν ἄλλοισ βλαβερόσ, ἑαυτῷ δ’ ὠφέλιμοσ, ἀλλὰ κακοῦργοσ μὲν τῶν ἄλλων, ἑαυτοῦ δὲ πολὺ κακουργότεροσ, εἴ γε κακουργότατόν ἐστι μὴ μόνον τὸν οἶκον τὸν ἑαυτοῦ φθείρειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ψυχήν· (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 5 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. doing ill

  2. doing harm

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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