κακουργία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κακοεργίη (kakoergíē) — Epic

Etymology

From κακοῦργος (kakoûrgos) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.kuːr.ɡí.aː/ → /ka.kurˈʝi.a/ → /ka.kurˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.kuːr.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.kurˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.kurˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.kurˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.kurˈʝi.a/

Noun

κᾰκουργίᾱ • (kakourgíā) f (genitive κᾰκουργίᾱς); first declension

1. ill-doing, wickedness, villainy, malice, viciousness
2. (in the plural) malpractices

Declension

First declension of ἡ κᾰκουργίᾱ; τῆς κᾰκουργίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰκουργίᾱ hē kakourgíā	τὼ κᾰκουργίᾱ tṑ kakourgíā	αἱ κᾰκουργίαι hai kakourgíai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰκουργίᾱς tês kakourgíās	τοῖν κᾰκουργίαιν toîn kakourgíain	τῶν κᾰκουργιῶν tôn kakourgiôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰκουργίᾳ têi kakourgíāi	τοῖν κᾰκουργίαιν toîn kakourgíain	ταῖς κᾰκουργίαις taîs kakourgíais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰκουργίᾱν tḕn kakourgíān	τὼ κᾰκουργίᾱ tṑ kakourgíā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰκουργίᾱς tā̀s kakourgíās
Vocative	κᾰκουργίᾱ kakourgíā	κᾰκουργίᾱ kakourgíā	κᾰκουργίαι kakourgíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κακουργία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κακουργία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κακοεργίη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κακουργία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • crime idem, page 184.
  • defalcation idem, page 203.
  • delinquency idem, page 208.
  • dishonesty idem, page 234.
  • felony idem, page 315.
  • guilt idem, page 378.
  • iniquity idem, page 441.
  • knavery idem, page 470.
  • malpractice idem, page 510.
  • malversation idem, page 510.
  • mischief idem, page 533.
  • misconduct idem, page 533.
  • misdeed idem, page 533.
  • misdemeanour idem, page 533.
  • rascality idem, page 672.
  • sin idem, page 777.
  • transgression idem, page 888.
  • villainy idem, page 952.
  • wickedness idem, page 978.