κακοκαμωμένος

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο
1. (για ανθρώπους, ζώα ή φυτά) άσχημα διαπλασμένος
2. (για πράγματα) άσχημα κατασκευασμένος, κακοφτειαγμένος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κακ(ο)- (< επίρρ. κακά) + καμωμένος, μτχ. παθ. παρακμ. του κά(μ)νω].