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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

  • καὶ οὔποτε πάγκακον ἦμαρ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 99:3)
  • δουλεία γὰρ καὶ ἐλευθερία ὑπερβάλλουσα μὲν ἑκατέρα πάγκακον, ἔμμετροσ δὲ οὖσα πανάγαθον· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 19:2)
  • ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τοῖσ μὲν φυτοῖσ ἅπασίν ἐστιν πάγκακον καὶ ταῖσ θριξὶν πολεμιώτατον ταῖσ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων πλὴν ταῖσ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ταῖσ δὲ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἀρωγὸν καὶ τῷ ἄλλῳ σώματι. (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 195:1)

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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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