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

  • τοῦ βασκαίνοντοσ ἑαυτὸν οὐκ ἔστι πονηρότεροσ, καὶ τοῦτο ἀνταπόδομα τῆσ κακίασ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 14:6)
  • καὶ Μοιροκλῆσ οὐθὲν ἔφη πονηρότεροσ εἶναι, ὀνομάσασ τινὰ τῶν ἐπιεικῶν· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 10 7:8)
  • ἐμοὶ μὲν δοκεῖ, ἔφη, οὗτοσ ἔτι πονηρότεροσ ἐκείνου εἶναι. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 6 4:3)
  • αὐτάρκησ δὲ κακὸν τῶνδ’ ὁ πονηρότεροσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 10, chapter 1262)
  • ὅστισ οὖν καὶ πονηρότεροσ καὶ ἀμαθέστεροσ Βατράχου ἐστί, πάνυ δεῖ ἀγαπητῶσ ὑφ’ ὑμῶν αὐτὸν σωθῆναι. (Lysias, Speeches, 57:3)

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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