prone to do evil, maleficent
prone to do evil, τρόπος Aristeas 163, cf. Andronic.Rhod. p. 572 M., Hierocl. p. 49 A.: Astrol., maleficent, ἰδιοτροπία Ptol. Tetr. 210.
The corpus record
κᾰκοποι-ητικός
kakopoietikos
prone to do evil
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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