κακοῦργος

kakourgos

doing ill, mischievous, knavish

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 4
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Book IV 1
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421b1
Book VIII 3
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552d1
552e1
554c1
Laches 2
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192d2
192d5
Alcibiades I 1
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118a7
Gorgias 1
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465b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

κακοῦργος, Ep. κακοεργός (also late Prose, Porph. Abst. 2.38; δαιμόνια κακοεργά Aen.Gaz. Thphr.p.60B.), ον, (ἔργον) A. doing ill, mischievous, knavish, once in Hom., ἀλλά με γαστὴρ ὀτρύνει κακοεργός importunate, Od. 18.54; freq. later, κλῶπες κακοῦργοι Hdt. 1.41; κ. ἀνήρ S. Aj. 1043; also κακουργότατος λόγος D. 20.125; κ. μάχαιρα AP 11.136 (Lucill.); -ότατα εἰπεῖν Antipho 2.4.2. Adv. -γως Poll. 3.132. 2. as Subst., malefactor, criminal in the eye of the law, Ps.-Phoc. 133, Th. 1.134, PLille 1.7.20 (iii B.C.), Ev.Luc. 23.32, etc.; οὐδεὶς κακοεργός Theoc. 15.47; at Athens, technically, thief, robber, ὁ τῶν κακούργων νόμος Antipho 5.9, cf. 16, Lys. 13.78, D. 22.28, 24.102. II. c. gen., doing harm to, κ. μὲν τῶν ἄλλων, ἑαυτοῦ δὲ πολὺ -ότερος, X. Mem. 1.5.3, cf. Pl. R. 421b: abs., harmful, κ. ἐπιθυμίαι ib.554c; καρτερία Id. La. 192d; ἄγνοια -οτάτη καὶ αἰσχίστη Id. Alc. 1.118a.

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