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κακοφυΐα

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Full diacritics: κᾰκοφῠΐα Medium diacritics: κακοφυΐα Low diacritics: κακοφυΐα Capitals: ΚΑΚΟΦΥΪΑ
Transliteration A: kakophyḯa Transliteration B: kakophuia Transliteration C: kakofyia Beta Code: kakofui/+a

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A bad natural qualities, Pl.Def.416.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1305] ἡ, schlechte Naturanlage, κακία ἐν φύσει Plat. Defin. 418.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κακοφυΐα: ἡ, «κακία ἐν φύσει καὶ ἁμαρτία τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν· νόσος τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν» Πλάτ. Ὅροι 416D· κακὴ αὔξησις, κ. σώματος Βυζ.

Greek Monolingual

η (Α κακοφυΐα) κακοφυής
ιατρ. κακή διάπλαση του σώματος, κακοπλασία.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κακοφυΐα: ἡ врожденная порочность, дурные природные задатки Plat.