κακοήθης

kakoethes

ill-disposed, malicious

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Physiognomonics 2
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

810b3
810b30
Rhetoric 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12

1389a16

Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27

1389b20
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14

1237b28
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 8 613b6–614a33

613b23
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 164 846b10–17

846b17

Dictionary (LSJ)

κακοήθης, ες, (ἦθος) A. ill-disposed, malicious, opp. εὐήθης, Ar. Pax 822 (Comp., 823), D. 18.11, Pl. Ep. 360c, Ph. 1.529, etc.; of animals, κ. ὄρνεον καὶ πανοῦργον Arist. HA 613b23; esp. thinking evil, prone to put the worst construction on everything, Id. Rh. 1389b20; τὸ κακόηθες malice, wickedness, Pl. R. 401b, Men. 653, Ph. 1.684, etc. Adv., πανούργως καὶ -ήθως Men. Epit. 318; κ. πολιτεύεσθαι Philipp. ap. D. 18.78, cf. J. AJ 13.11.1: Comp. -εστέρως Poll. 4.148. II. of things, infamous, abominable, κλειδία κρυπτὰ -έστατα Ar. Th. 422. 2. Medic., of sores, fevers, etc., malignant, Hp. Aph. 6.4, Prog. 20 (Sup.); ἐξάνθημα Phld. Ind.Sto. 26. Adv. -θως Hp. Art. 41 codd.

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