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κακουργία

κακουργία, wickedness, villainy, malice

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κακουργίαι Noun: feminine nominative plural of κακουργία

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κᾰκουργ-ία [ῐ], Ep. κακοεργίη [ῑ metri gr.], ἡ,
  • wickedness, villainy, malice, ὡς κακοεργίης εὐεργεσίη μέγʼ ἀμείνων Od. 22.374, cf. Th. 1.37, etc.; of a horse, vice, X. Eq.Mag. 1.15: in pl., malpractices, τὰ κιβδηλεύματά τε καὶ κ. τῶν πωλούντων Pl. Lg. 917e: κ. καὶ ἀπάται καὶ δολώσεις X. Cyr. 1.6.28, etc.
    • II bad workmanship, only in form κακοεργία Pl. R. 422a.
    • III injury, τῆς ἑαυτοῦ πόλεως ib. 434c: pl., ill effects, ἀποκρούειν τὰς τῶν φαρμάκων κ. Dsc. 1.90.

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