κακοῦργος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κακοεργός (kakoergós) — Epic
Etymology
Equivalent to κακο- (kako-, bad) + -ουργός (-ourgós, worker; maker).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.kûːr.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈkur.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈkur.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈkur.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈkur.ɣos/
Adjective
κᾰκοῦργος • (kăkoûrgos) m or f (neuter κᾰκοῦργον); second declension
- doing evil, mischievous, malicious
- Antonym: ἀγαθοεργός (agathoergós)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | κᾰκοῦργος kăkoûrgos |
κᾰκοῦργον kăkoûrgon |
κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō |
κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō |
κᾰκοῦργοι kăkoûrgoi |
κᾰκοῦργᾰ kăkoûrgă | ||||||||
| Genitive | κᾰκούργου kăkoúrgou |
κᾰκούργου kăkoúrgou |
κᾰκούργοιν kăkoúrgoin |
κᾰκούργοιν kăkoúrgoin |
κᾰκούργων kăkoúrgōn |
κᾰκούργων kăkoúrgōn | ||||||||
| Dative | κᾰκούργῳ kăkoúrgōi |
κᾰκούργῳ kăkoúrgōi |
κᾰκούργοιν kăkoúrgoin |
κᾰκούργοιν kăkoúrgoin |
κᾰκούργοις kăkoúrgois |
κᾰκούργοις kăkoúrgois | ||||||||
| Accusative | κᾰκοῦργον kăkoûrgon |
κᾰκοῦργον kăkoûrgon |
κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō |
κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō |
κᾰκούργους kăkoúrgous |
κᾰκοῦργᾰ kăkoûrgă | ||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰκοῦργε kăkoûrge |
κᾰκοῦργον kăkoûrgon |
κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō |
κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō |
κᾰκοῦργοι kăkoûrgoi |
κᾰκοῦργᾰ kăkoûrgă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| κᾰκούργως kăkoúrgōs |
κᾰκουργότερος kăkourgóteros |
κᾰκουργότᾰτος kăkourgótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κακουργέω (kakourgéō)
- κακούργημα (kakoúrgēma)
- κακουργία (kakourgía)
- κακουργικός (kakourgikós)
Noun
κᾰκοῦργος • (kăkoûrgos) m (genitive κᾰκοῦργου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κᾰκοῦργος ho kăkoûrgos |
τὼ κᾰκούργω tṑ kăkoúrgō |
οἱ κᾰκοῦργοι hoi kăkoûrgoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰκούργου toû kăkoúrgou |
τοῖν κᾰκούργοιν toîn kăkoúrgoin |
τῶν κᾰκούργων tôn kăkoúrgōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰκούργῳ tōî kăkoúrgōi |
τοῖν κᾰκούργοιν toîn kăkoúrgoin |
τοῖς κᾰκούργοις toîs kăkoúrgois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κᾰκοῦργον tòn kăkoûrgon |
τὼ κᾰκούργω tṑ kăkoúrgō |
τοὺς κᾰκούργους toùs kăkoúrgous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰκοῦργε kăkoûrge |
κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō |
κᾰκοῦργοι kăkoûrgoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- κακοῦργος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κακοῦργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κακοῦργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G2557 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- base idem, page 64.
- caitiff idem, page 108.
- criminal idem, page 184.
- delinquent idem, page 208.
- detrimental idem, page 220.
- dishonest idem, page 234.
- evil-doer idem, page 286.
- felon idem, page 315.
- felonious idem, page 315.
- guilty idem, page 379.
- harmful idem, page 386.
- hurtful idem, page 411.
- injurious idem, page 441.
- knave idem, page 470.
- knavish idem, page 470.
- low idem, page 502.
- malefactor idem, page 510.
- malicious idem, page 510.
- malign idem, page 510.
- mean idem, page 519.
- mischievous idem, page 533.
- miscreant idem, page 533.
- nefarious idem, page 554.
- offender idem, page 571.
- pernicious idem, page 607.
- rascally idem, page 672.
- reprobate idem, page 699.
- roguish idem, page 720.
- scoundrel idem, page 741.
- sinister idem, page 779.
- sinner idem, page 779.
- transgressor idem, page 888.
- vicious idem, page 950.
- vile idem, page 952.
- villain idem, page 952.
- wicked idem, page 978.
- wretch idem, page 993.
- wrong-doer idem, page 994.