κακοπάθεια
κρείσσων ἐναρχόμενος βοηθῶν καρδίᾳ τοῦ ἐπαγγελλομένου καὶ εἰς ἐλπίδα ἄγοντος· δένδρον γὰρ ζωῆς ἐπιθυμία ἀγαθή (Proverbs 13.12 LXX) → One who sincerely sets about helping is better than one who makes promises leading to hope; for a kindly urge is a tree of life.
English (LSJ)
[πᾰ], ἡ,
A distress, misery, Hp.VM10, Antipho 3.2.11, lsoc.6.55, Arist.Pol.1278b28; σώματος Antipho 5.18; of plants or trees, Thphr.CP3.7.8; strain, stress, on the parts of a machine, Hero Bel.93.1: pl., Hp. l.c.; ταῖς παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν νῦν κακοπαθείαις your present unmerited sufferings, Th.7.77:—later, usu. written κᾰκοπαθ-παθία, IG22.900.16 (ii B.C.), SIG685.30 (Magnesia, ii B.C.), BGU 1209.7 (i B.C.), Ep.Jac.5.10: pl., IG12(7).386.24 (Amorgos, iii B.C.), Phld.Piet.86, etc.; laborious toil, perseverance, BGU l.c. (i B.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1301] ἡ, Leiden, Unglück; σώματος Antiph. 5, 18, vgl. 3 β 11; neben ξυμφοραί Thuc. 7, 77; Pol. 2, 25, 10; D. Sic. 2, 13.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κακοπάθεια: ἡ, τὸ κακοπαθεῖν, τὸ πάσχειν δεινά, δυστυχία, ἀθλιότης, Ἱππ. π. Ἀρχ. Ἰητρ. 11 (ἐν τῷ πληθ.), Ἀντιφῶν 122. 19, 131, Ἰσοκρ. 127C· (ἐν τῷ πληθ.), ταῖς παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν νῦν κακοπαθείαις Θουκ. 7. 77.
French (Bailly abrégé)
v. κακοπαθία.
