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κακία

κακία, κακία, badness; cowardice; vice

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

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