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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[do evil]], [[work wickedness]], E.''Or.''823 (lyr.), etc.; κ. τι Antipho 2.3.2; <b class="b3">μηδὲν κ.</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 326a; περί τινας Id.''R.''416d; <b class="b3">ἵππος ἢν κακουργῇ</b> [[be vicious]], X.''Oec.''3.11; <b class="b3">ἀδικεῖν καὶ κ.</b> Ar.''Nu.''1175; κ. καὶ ἐξαμαρτάνειν Pl.''Hp.Mi.''375d:—Pass., <b class="b3">εὗρέν τι -ηθέν</b> found that [[a fraud had been committed]], POxy.1468.19 (iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of discussion, <b class="b3">κ. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις</b> [[use captious]] or [[unfair arguments]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 489b, cf. 483a, Arist.''Rh.''1404b39.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of things, ὁ… ἱδρὼς κακουργεῖ [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.4.6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc. pers., [[maltreat]], [[injure]], A.''Fr.''266, E.''Supp.''537; κ. ἀλλήλους καὶ ἀδικεῖν Pl.''Lg.''679e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[ravage]] a country, τὴν Εὔβοιαν Th.2.32, cf. 3.1; κ. τὴν Χώραν καὶ τὰ κτήματα Pl.''Lg.''760e, etc.; <b class="b3">κ. τὸν λόγον</b> [[spoil]] the argument, Id.''R.'' 338d.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[corrupt]], [[falsify]], τοὺς νόμους D.24.65:—Pass., τὰ ἀληθῆ καὶ μὴ κακουργούμενα τῶν πραγμάτων Id.31.8.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. dat., <b class="b3">κ. τοῖς προβάτοις</b>, of dogs, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 416a.