The corpus record

κᾰκία

kakia · ἡ

badness, incapacity, defects

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Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 11 · 74.17/10k
Jonas 5 · 47.53/10k
Fragments 9 · 22.58/10k
Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
Osee 5 · 13.26/10k
1 Peter 2 · 11.6/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 8 · 11.59/10k
Ecclesiastes 5 · 11.05/10k
Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 46 · 8.17/10k
Regnorum I 15 · 8.1/10k
Proverbia 8 · 7.2/10k

Densest 12 of 82 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

badness, incapacity, defects

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

cowardice, faint-heartedness, Th. 2.87, Pl. R. 556d; κ. καὶ ἀνανδρία Id. Cri. 46a.

3 moral badness, vice

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 Evil

Philos., Evil, ὕλη κακίας αἰτία Plot. 1.8.14.

II ill-repute, dishonour

ill-repute, dishonour, κ. ἀντιλαβεῖν Th. 3.58.

2 hurt, damage

hurt, damage done or suffered, LXX 1 Ki. 6.9, 1 Ma. 7.23, Ev.Matt. 6.34.

In the wild

κακίαν · kakian Aristotle, Ars Poetica 13
κακίᾳ · kakiai Aristotle, Ars Poetica 2
κακίαν · kakian Aristotle, Ars Poetica 5
κακίαι · kakiai Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 100)
κακία · kakia Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 226)
κακίας · kakias Aristotle, Economics 1344b (DIORISIS sentence 66)

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Where it came from

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