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κᾰκουργ-έω

kakourgeo

do evil, work wickedness

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Where it lives

  • Hippias Minor 5 · 11.48/10k
  • On the Cavalry Commander 2 · 3.48/10k
  • On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
  • Crito 1 · 2.4/10k
  • Euthyphro 1 · 1.93/10k
  • Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
  • Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
  • Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
  • Economics 2 · 1.12/10k
  • Hellenica 7 · 1.06/10k
  • Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
  • Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κᾰκουργ-έω · kakourg-eō — LSJ

do evil, work wickedness, be vicious, a fraud had been committed

do evil, work wickedness, E. Or. 823 (lyr.), etc.; κ. τι Antipho 2.3.2; μηδὲν κ. Pl. Prt. 326a; περί τινας Id. R. 416d; ἵππος ἢν κακουργῇ be vicious, X. Oec. 3.11; ἀδικεῖν καὶ κ. Ar. Nu. 1175; κ. καὶ ἐξαμαρτάνειν Pl. Hp.Mi. 375d:—Pass., εὗρέν τι -ηθέν found that a fraud had been committed, POxy. 1468.19 (iii A.D.).

2 use captious, unfair arguments

of discussion, κ. ἐν τοῖς λόγοις use captious or unfair arguments, Pl. Grg. 489b, cf. 483a, Arist. Rh. 1404b39.

3

of things, ὁ . . ἱδρὼς κακουργεῖ X. Mem. 1.4.6.

II maltreat, injure

c. acc. pers., maltreat, injure, A. Fr. 266, E. Supp. 537; κ. ἀλλήλους καὶ ἀδικεῖν Pl. Lg. 679e.

2 ravage, spoil

c. acc. rei, ravage a country, τὴν Εὔβοιαν Th. 2.32, cf. 3.1; κ. τὴν χώραν καὶ τὰ κτήματα Pl. Lg. 760e, etc.; κ. τὸν λόγον spoil the argument, Id. R. 338d.

3 corrupt, falsify

corrupt, falsify, τοὺς νόμους D. 24.65:—Pass., τὰ ἀληθῆ καὶ μὴ κακουργούμενα τῶν πραγμάτων Id. 31.8.

4

c. dat., κ. τοῖς προβάτοις, of dogs, Pl. R. 416a.

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