malefactor

Θεῶν ὄνειδος τοὺς κακοὺς εὐδαιμονεῖν → Crimen deorum est improbi felicitas → Ein Vorwurf an die Götter ist der Schurken Glück

Menander, Monostichoi, 255

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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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.

mălĕfactŏr,¹⁶ ōris, m., homme malfaisant, malfaiteur : Pl. Bacch. 395 ; Vulg. Joann. 18, 30.