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κᾰκό-γλωσσος

kakoglossos

ill-tongued

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Where it lives

  • Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k

What it meant

κᾰκό-γλωσσος · kako-glōssos — LSJ

ill-tongued, of misery

ill-tongued, βοὴ κ. a cry of misery, E. Hec. 661.

II bringing evil, by oneʼs tongue

bringing evil [on oneself] by oneʼs tongue, of Niobe, Call. Del. 96.

In the wild

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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