The corpus record

κᾰκοήθ-εια

kakoetheia · ἡ

bad disposition, malignity

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Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
Machabaeorum IV 3 · 3.89/10k
Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

bad disposition, malignity

bad disposition, malignity, Pl. R. 348d, 401a, Hyp. Eux. 32 (-ηθία), Ep.Rom. 1.29; κ. τὸ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ὑπολαμβάνειν ἅπαντα Arist. Rh. 1389b20: pl., κ. ὑπὲρ τοῦ πράγματος λεγόμεναι Aeschin. 1.166, cf. Isoc. 15.284, D.C. Fr. 96.2.

II bad manners, habits

bad manners or habits, X. Cyn. 13.16.

III malignant character, malignant diseases, growths

Medic., malignant character, τῆς νόσου Epicur. Fr. 471: in pl., malignant diseases or growths, Dsc. 3.92 (v.l. for τὰ -ήθη).

In the wild

κακοήθεια · kakoētheia Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
κακοήθεια · kakoētheia Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 60)
κακοηθείας · kakoētheias Epictetus, Discourses 4.8 (DIORISIS sentence 6872)
κακοήθειαν · kakoētheian Plato, Republic 1.348 (DIORISIS sentence 615)
κακοηθείας · kakoētheias Plato, Republic 3.401 (DIORISIS sentence 1787)
κακοηθείας · kakoētheias Septuaginta, Esther 8

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Where it came from

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