μοχθηρία
mochtheria
bad condition
Appears 51 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μοχθηρία, ἡ, A. bad condition, σκήνεος 187; σώματος R. 609e. 2. of a person, lack of skill, incapacity, τοῦ ἰατροῦ 4.2.4; τῶν κυβερνητῶν Plt. 302a. II. mostly in moral sense, wickedness, depravity, Pl. 109, 159, Lg. 734d, etc.; τὰς μ. τῆς ἠλιθιότητος τῆς ἐμῆς 188; ἀρεταὶ καὶ μοχθηρίαι EN 1129b24: with a political connotation, τὰ πρῶτα τῆς ἐκεῖ μ. chief of the rascaldom (i.e. of the Radical party) up there (on earth), Ra. 425.
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