κακουργία

kakourgia

wickedness, villainy, malice

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30

1265b12
Book IV 1
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12

1295b11
Rhetoric 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12

1389b8

Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27

1390a18
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 3 1165a36–1165b36

1165b12
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17

612b12

Dictionary (LSJ)

κακουργία [ῐ], Ep. κακοεργίη [ῑ metri gr.], ἡ, A. wickedness, villainy, malice, ὡς κακοεργίης εὐεργεσίη μέγ ἀμείνων Od. 22.374, cf. Th. 1.37, etc.; of a horse, vice, X. Eq.Mag. 1.15: in pl., malpractices, τὰ κιβδηλεύματά τε καὶ κ. τῶν πωλούντων Pl. Lg. 917e: κ. καὶ ἀπάται καὶ δολώσεις X. Cyr. 1.6.28, etc. II. bad workmanship, only in form κακοεργία Pl. R. 422a. III. injury, τῆς ἑαυτοῦ πόλεως ib.434c: pl., ill effects, ἀποκρούειν τὰς τῶν φαρμάκων κ. Dsc. 1.90.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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