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πάγκακος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πάγκακος πάγκακον

Structure: παγκακ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. utterly bad, all-unlucky, most noxious
  2. utterly bad, most evil or wicked

Examples

  • οὐ πάνυ γὰρ εὐδαιμονικὸσ ὁ τὴν ἰδέαν παναίσχησ ἢ δυσγενὴσ ἢ μονώτησ καὶ ἄτεκνοσ, ἔτι δ’ ἴσωσ ἧττον, εἴ τῳ πάγκακοι παῖδεσ εἰε͂ν ἢ φίλοι, ἢ ἀγαθοὶ ὄντεσ τεθνᾶσιν. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1 90:2)

Related

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

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