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κακομήχανος

kakomechanos

mischief-plotting

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
  • Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

κᾰκομήχᾰν-ος · kakomēchan-os — LSJ

mischief-plotting, mischievous, baneful

mischief-plotting, Il. 6.344, Od. 16.418; λῃσταί B. 17.8; κῶρος Mosch. Fr. 3.7; of things, mischievous, baneful, ἔρις Il. 9.257. Adv. -νως Phot. Bibl. p.292 B.

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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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