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μνησίκακος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μνησίκακος μνησίκακον

Structure: μνησικακ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kako/n

Sense

  1. bearing malice

Examples

  • "οὐδ’ ἅμα τὴν πρόνοιαν, ὥσπερ εὐγνώμονα μητέρα καὶ χρηστήν, πάντα ποιοῦσαν ἡμῖν καὶ φυλάττουσαν ἐν μόνῃ μνησίκακον εἶναι τῇ μαντικῇ, καὶ ταύτην ἀφαιρεῖσθαι δοῦσαν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 7 4:5)

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

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