κακία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[κακός]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[badness]] in quality, opp. [[ἀρετή]] ([[excellence]]), Thgn. 322, S.''OT''512 (lyr.), Pl.''Smp.''181e, ''R.''348c, etc.; <b class="b3">κακίᾳ ἡνιόχων</b> by their [[incapacity]], Id.''Phdr.''248b: pl., [[κακίαι]] = [[defect]]s, Luc.''Hist.Conscr.'' 6.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[cowardice]], [[faint-heartedness]], Th.2.87, Pl.''R.''556d; κακία καὶ [[ἀνανδρία]] Id.''Cri.''46a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[moral badness]], [[vice]], μετ' ἀρετῆς ἀλλ' οὐ μετὰ κακίας And. 1.56; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀρετή, ὡσαύτως δὲ… καὶ ἡ κακία</b> Pl.''Men.''72a, etc.; personified in the Fable of [[Prodicus]], X.''Mem.''2.1.26: pl., <b class="b3">περὶ κακιῶν</b>, title of [[treatise]] by [[Philodemus]].<br><span class="bld">4</span> Philos., ''Evil'', [[ὕλη]] κακίας [[αἰτία]] Plot. 1.8.14.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ill-repute]], [[dishonour]], κ. ἀντιλαβεῖν Th.3.58.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[hurt]], [[damage]] done or suffered, [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''6.9, ''1 Ma.'' 7.23, ''Ev.Matt.''6.34.