corruption
From LSJ
ῥεῖα δ' ἀρίζηλον μινύθει καὶ ἄδηλον ἀέξει, ῥεῖα δέ τ' ἰθύνει σκολιὸν καὶ ἀγήνορα κάρφει → easily he humbles the proud and raises the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the proud (Hesiod, Works and Days 6-8)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
wickedness: P. and V. πονηρία, ἡ, Ar. and P. κακία, ἡ, μοχθηρία, ἡ.
philosophically, as opposed to growth: P. φθορά, ἡ (Plato).
dankness, mould: P. and V. εὐρώς, ὁ.
bribery: P. δωροδοκία, ἡ, δωροδόκημα, τό.
be open to corruption, take bribes, v.: Ar. and P. δωροδοκεῖν.
