κακότης
kakotes
badness
Appears 25 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κακότης, ητος, ἡ, (κακός) A. badness: I. of moral character, baseness, cowardice, Il. 2.368, 13.108, Od. 24.455; ἀτιμίη καὶ κ. 10.10; κ. καὶ δειλία 5.100; οὐδεμιῇ κ. λειφθῆναι τῆς ναυμαχίης not through cowardice, 7.168. 2. wickedness, vice, τείσασθαι Ἀλέξανδρον κακότητος Il. 3.366, cf. Op. 287, 178; κακότητος ἄπειροι 112.3; κακότητʼ ἀσκεῖν Pr. 1066 (anap.); ἄνευ κακότητος [συμφορά] 6.1: pl., 145. II. of condition, evil case, distress, misery, ἐκφυγέειν κακότητα Od. 5.414, cf. 290, 379, 397, P. 2.35, 2.128, 6.67, El. 236 (lyr.); esp. in war, Τρῶες ἀνέπνευσαν κακότητος Il. 11.382, cf. 12.332, 8.109, etc.: pl., distresses, miseries, 59, Fr. 303 codd. (lyr.); αἱ ἐντὸς κ. Ax. 366a. III. of quality, badness, τῶν οὔρων Epid. 3.10: pl., bad qualities, Acut. 57.
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