κακοῦργος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. κακοεργός (also late Prose, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span> 2.38</span>; <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> δαιμόνια κακοεργά <span class="bibl">Aen.Gaz.<span class="title">Thphr.</span>p.60B.</span>), ον, (ἔργον) [[doing ill]], [[mischievous]], [[knavish]], once in Hom., <b class="b3">ἀλλά με γαστὴρ ὀτρύνει κακοεργός</b> [[importunate]], <span class="bibl">Od.18.54</span>; freq. later, κλῶπες κακοῦργοι <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.41</span>; κ. ἀνήρ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1043</span>; also κακουργότατος λόγος <span class="bibl">D.20.125</span>; κ. μάχαιρα <span class="title">AP</span>11.136 (Lucill.); -ότατα εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.2</span>. Adv. -γως <span class="bibl">Poll.3.132</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> as Subst., [[malefactor]], [[criminal]] in the eye of the law, <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.133</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.134</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLille</span> 1.7.20</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span> 23.32</span>, etc.; οὐδεὶς κακοεργός <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.47</span>; at Athens, technically, [[thief]], [[robber]], ὁ τῶν κακούργων νόμος <span class="bibl">Antipho5.9</span>, cf. 16, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.78</span>, <span class="bibl">D.22.28</span>, <span class="bibl">24.102</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. gen., [[doing harm to]], <b class="b3">κ. μὲν τῶν ἄλλων, ἑαυτοῦ δὲ πολὺ -ότερος</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.5.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>421b</span>: abs., [[harmful]], <b class="b3">κ. ἐπιθυμίαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">554c</span>; καρτερία <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">La.</span>192d</span>; ἄγνοια -οτάτη καὶ αἰσχίστη Id.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.118a.</span>