1. κᾰκότης · kakotēs — LSJ
badness:
of moral character, baseness, cowardice, Il. 2.368, 13.108, Od. 24.455; ἀτιμίη καὶ κ. Tyrt. 10.10; κ. καὶ δειλία Th. 5.100; οὐδεμιῇ κ. λειφθῆναι τῆς ναυμαχίης not through cowardice, Hdt. 7.168.
wickedness, vice, τείσασθαι Ἀλέξανδρον κακότητος Il. 3.366, cf. Hes. Op. 287, Democr. 178; κακότητος ἄπειροι Emp. 112.3; κακότητʼ ἀσκεῖν A. Pr. 1066 (anap.); ἄνευ κακότητος [συμφορά] Antipho 6.1: pl., Emp. 145.
of condition, evil case, distress, misery, ἐκφυγέειν κακότητα Od. 5.414, cf. 290, 379, 397, Pi. P. 2.35, Hdt. 2.128, 6.67, S. El. 236 (lyr.); esp. in war, Τρῶες ἀνέπνευσαν κακότητος Il. 11.382, cf. 12.332, Hdt. 8.109, etc.: pl., distresses, miseries, Alc. 59, E. Fr. 303 codd. (lyr.); αἱ ἐντὸς κ. Pl. Ax. 366a.
of quality, badness, τῶν οὔρων Hp. Epid. 3.10: pl., bad qualities, Id. Acut. 57.