Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

κακόχαρτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κακόχαρτος κακόχαρτον

Structure: κακοχαρτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xai/rw

Sense

  1. rejoicing in men's ills

Examples

  • ὦ Πέρση, σὺ δὲ ταῦτα τεῷ ἐνικάτθεο θυμῷ, μηδέ σ’ Ἔρισ κακόχαρτοσ ἀπ’ ἔργου θυμὸν ἐρύκοι νείκε’ ὀπιπεύοντ’ ἀγορῆσ ἐπακουὸν ἐόντα. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 5:1)
  • ζῆλοσ δ’ ἀνθρώποισιν ὀιζυροῖσιν ἅπασι δυσκέλαδοσ κακόχαρτοσ ὁμαρτήσει, στυγερώπησ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 22:15)

Similar forms

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

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