baseness

From LSJ

ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς φιλαυτίας παρηγμένοι ἄλογα φασὶν τὰ ζῷα ἐφεξῆς τὰ ἄλλα σύμπαντα → it is self-love which leads them to say that all the other animals without exception are non-rational

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. πονηρία, ἡ, κάκη, ἡ, Ar. and P. κακία, ἡ, μοχθηρία, ἡ, P. κακότης, ἡ.

of birth, etc.: P. ταπεινότης, ἡ, P. and V. δυσγένεια, ἡ (Plato).