κακοήθης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “character”) + -ης (-ēs, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.ko.ɛ̌ː.tʰɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.koˈe̝.tʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.koˈi.θis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.koˈi.θis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.koˈi.θis/
Adjective
κᾰκοήθης • (kakoḗthēs) m or f (neuter κακόηθες); third declension
- (of humans and animals) ill-disposed, malicious
- (of humans) thinking evil; given to the worst disposition for a situation
- (of things) infamous, abominable
- (medicine, of sores, fevers, diseases) malignant
- (neuter, substantive, κᾰκόηθες) a bad habit
Declension
Third declension of κᾰκοήθης; κᾰκόηθες (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | κᾰκοήθης kakoḗthēs | κᾰκόηθες kakóēthes | κᾰκοήθει kakoḗthei | κᾰκοήθει kakoḗthei | κᾰκοήθεις kakoḗtheis | κᾰκοήθη kakoḗthē | ||||||||
Genitive | κᾰκοήθους kakoḗthous | κᾰκοήθους kakoḗthous | κᾰκοήθοιν kakoḗthoin | κᾰκοήθοιν kakoḗthoin | κᾰκοήθων kakoḗthōn | κᾰκοήθων kakoḗthōn | ||||||||
Dative | κᾰκοήθει kakoḗthei | κᾰκοήθει kakoḗthei | κᾰκοήθοιν kakoḗthoin | κᾰκοήθοιν kakoḗthoin | κᾰκοήθεσῐ / κᾰκοήθεσῐν kakoḗthesi(n) | κᾰκοήθεσῐ / κᾰκοήθεσῐν kakoḗthesi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | κᾰκοήθη kakoḗthē | κᾰκόηθες kakóēthes | κᾰκοήθει kakoḗthei | κᾰκοήθει kakoḗthei | κᾰκοήθεις kakoḗtheis | κᾰκοήθη kakoḗthē | ||||||||
Vocative | κᾰκόηθες kakóēthes | κᾰκόηθες kakóēthes | κᾰκοήθει kakoḗthei | κᾰκοήθει kakoḗthei | κᾰκοήθεις kakoḗtheis | κᾰκοήθη kakoḗthē | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κᾰκοήθως kakoḗthōs | κᾰκοηθέστερος kakoēthésteros | κᾰκοηθέστᾰτος kakoēthéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Third declension of κᾰκοήθης; κᾰκόηθες (uncontracted, Ionic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | κᾰκοήθης kakoḗthēs | κᾰκόηθες kakóēthes | κᾰκοήθει / κᾰκοήθεε kakoḗthei / kakoḗthee | κᾰκοήθει / κᾰκοήθεε kakoḗthei / kakoḗthee | κᾰκοήθεις / κᾰκοήθεες kakoḗtheis / kakoḗthees | κᾰκοήθεᾰ kakoḗthea | ||||||||
Genitive | κᾰκοήθεος / κᾰκοήθευς kakoḗtheos / kakoḗtheus | κᾰκοήθεος / κᾰκοήθευς kakoḗtheos / kakoḗtheus | κᾰκοηθέοιν kakoēthéoin | κᾰκοηθέοιν kakoēthéoin | κᾰκοηθέων kakoēthéōn | κᾰκοηθέων kakoēthéōn | ||||||||
Dative | κᾰκοήθει / κᾰκοήθεῐ̈ kakoḗthei / kakoḗtheï | κᾰκοήθει / κᾰκοήθεῐ̈ kakoḗthei / kakoḗtheï | κᾰκοηθέοιν kakoēthéoin | κᾰκοηθέοιν kakoēthéoin | κᾰκοήθεσῐ / κᾰκοήθεσῐν kakoḗthesi(n) | κᾰκοήθεσῐ / κᾰκοήθεσῐν kakoḗthesi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | κᾰκοήθεᾰ kakoḗthea | κᾰκόηθες kakóēthes | κᾰκοήθει / κᾰκοήθεε kakoḗthei / kakoḗthee | κᾰκοήθει / κᾰκοήθεε kakoḗthei / kakoḗthee | κᾰκοήθεᾰς kakoḗtheas | κᾰκοήθεᾰ kakoḗthea | ||||||||
Vocative | κᾰκόηθες kakóēthes | κᾰκόηθες kakóēthes | κᾰκοήθει / κᾰκοήθεε kakoḗthei / kakoḗthee | κᾰκοήθει / κᾰκοήθεε kakoḗthei / kakoḗthee | κᾰκοήθεις / κᾰκοήθεες kakoḗtheis / kakoḗthees | κᾰκοήθεᾰ kakoḗthea | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κᾰκοηθέως kakoēthéōs | κᾰκοηθέστερος kakoēthésteros | κᾰκοηθέστᾰτος kakoēthéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Antonyms
- εὐήθης (euḗthēs)
Derived terms
- κᾰκοήθεια (kakoḗtheia)
- κᾰκοήθευμα (kakoḗtheuma)
- κᾰκοηθεύομαι (kakoētheúomai)
- κᾰκοηθίζομαι (kakoēthízomai)
- κᾰκοηθίη (kakoēthíē)
- κακοηθιστέον (kakoēthistéon)
- κᾰκοηθιστέον (kakoēthistéon)
References
- “κακοήθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κακοήθης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κακοήθης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ill-natured idem, page 416.
- ill-tempered idem, page 416.
- malevolent idem, page 510.
- malicious idem, page 510.
- mischievous idem, page 533.
- spiteful idem, page 802.