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ἐθελοκακέω

ἐθελοκακέω, to be slack in duty, play the coward purposely

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ἐθελοκακέειν present active infinitive of ἐθελοκακέω

See ἐθελοκακέειν in Morpho

ἐθελο-κᾰκέω, of soldiers who let themselves be beaten,
  • play the coward deliberately, Hdt. 1.127, 5.78, 9.67, Plb. 4.38.6, Luc. Somn. 18, Paus. 1.35.2, etc.
    • II do wrong deliberately, act of malice prepense, Ph. 2.523, al., PMasp. 151.216 (vi A.D.); ἐ. ἐπὶ συμφοραῖς exult wrongfully over . ., Ph. 2.73, cf. 539.

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