Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πονηρός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πονηρός πονηρή πονηρόν

Structure: πονηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pone/w

Sense

  1. toilsome, painful, grievous
  2. in bad case, in sorry plight, useless, good-for-nothing, in bad case
  3. bad, worthless, knavish, rogue and son of rogues, wicked, the evil one
  4. base, cowardly, coward's

Examples

  • καὶ ἤτασεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν Φαραὼ ἐτασμοῖσ μεγάλοισ καὶ πονηροῖσ καὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ περὶ Σάρασ τῆσ γυναικὸσ Ἅβραμ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:17)
  • καὶ μετὰ πᾶν τὸ ἐρχόμενον ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶσ ἐν ποιήμασιν ἡμῶν τοῖσ πονηροῖσ καὶ ἐν πλημμελείᾳ ἡμῶν τῇ μεγάλῃ. ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὡσ ὁ Θεὸσ ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐκούφισασ ἡμῶν τὰσ ἀνομίασ, καὶ ἔδωκασ ἡμῖν σωτηρίαν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae II 9:13)
  • καὶ ἰδού ἐστιν ἐξερριμμένα τῷ καύματι τῆσ ἡμέρασ καὶ τῷ παγετῷ τῆσ νυκτόσ, καὶ ἀπεθάνοσαν ἐν πόνοισ πονηροῖσ, ἐν λιμῷ καὶ ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν ἀποστολῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Baruch 2:25)
  • ἤκουσα δὲ αὐτοῦ ποτε καὶ πρὸσ τὸν τὸν τῶν νόμων ἔμπειρον ταῦτα λέγοντοσ, ὅτι κινδυνεύουσιν ἄχρηστοι εἶναι οἱ νόμοι, ἄν τε πονηροῖσ ἄν τε ἀγαθοῖσ γράφωνται· (Lucian, (no name) 59:1)
  • ὅστισ δέ μ’ εἶναί φησι μῶρον, εἰ λαβὼν νέαν ἐσ οἴκουσ παρθένον μὴ θιγγάνω, γνώμησ πονηροῖσ κανόσιν ἀναμετρούμενοσ τὸ σῶφρον ἴστω καὐτὸσ αὖ τοιοῦτοσ ὤν. (Euripides, episode 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. toilsome

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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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