malefactor

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

subs.

Use adj., P. and V. κακοῦργος, V. λεωργός (also Xen.).

mălĕfactor: ōris, m. id.,
I an evildoer, malefactor (Plautin. and post-class.): malefactorem amitti satiu'st quam relinqui beneficum, i. e. it is better to let a malefactor go unpunished than to be ungrateful towards a benefactor, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 11: ad vindictam malefactorum, Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 14.