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)
P. and V. αἰσχρός. ἐπονείδιστος, ἀνάξιος.
base: P. and V. κακός, πονηρός.
ignominious: P. and V. κακός, V. δυσκλεής (also Xen.); see ignominious.
