κακοῦργος: Difference between revisions

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