κακοῦργος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κακοεργός (kakoergós) — Epic

Etymology

Equivalent to κακο- (kako-, bad) +‎ -ουργός (-ourgós, worker; maker).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.kûːr.ɡos/ → /kaˈkur.ɣos/ → /kaˈkur.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.kûːr.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈkur.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈkur.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈkur.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈkur.ɣos/

Adjective

κᾰκοῦργος • (kăkoûrgos) m or f (neuter κᾰκοῦργον); second declension

1. doing evil, mischievous, malicious

   Antonym: ἀγαθοεργός (agathoergós)

Declension

Second declension of κᾰκοῦργος; κᾰκοῦργον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰκοῦργος kăkoûrgos	κᾰκοῦργον kăkoûrgon		κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō	κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō		κᾰκοῦργοι kăkoûrgoi	κᾰκοῦργᾰ kăkoûrgă
Genitive		κᾰκούργου kăkoúrgou	κᾰκούργου kăkoúrgou		κᾰκούργοιν kăkoúrgoin	κᾰκούργοιν kăkoúrgoin		κᾰκούργων kăkoúrgōn	κᾰκούργων kăkoúrgōn
Dative		κᾰκούργῳ kăkoúrgōi	κᾰκούργῳ kăkoúrgōi		κᾰκούργοιν kăkoúrgoin	κᾰκούργοιν kăkoúrgoin		κᾰκούργοις kăkoúrgois	κᾰκούργοις kăkoúrgois
Accusative		κᾰκοῦργον kăkoûrgon	κᾰκοῦργον kăkoûrgon		κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō	κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō		κᾰκούργους kăkoúrgous	κᾰκοῦργᾰ kăkoûrgă
Vocative		κᾰκοῦργε kăkoûrge	κᾰκοῦργον kăkoûrgon		κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō	κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō		κᾰκοῦργοι kăkoûrgoi	κᾰκοῦργᾰ kăkoûrgă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		κᾰκούργως kăkoúrgōs			κᾰκουργότερος kăkourgóteros			κᾰκουργότᾰτος kăkourgótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κακουργέω (kakourgéō)
• κακούργημα (kakoúrgēma)
• κακουργία (kakourgía)
• κακουργικός (kakourgikós)

Noun

κᾰκοῦργος • (kăkoûrgos) m (genitive κᾰκοῦργου); second declension

1. evildoer, malefactor
2. thief, robber

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κᾰκοῦργος; τοῦ κᾰκούργου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰκοῦργος ho kăkoûrgos	τὼ κᾰκούργω tṑ kăkoúrgō	οἱ κᾰκοῦργοι hoi kăkoûrgoi
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰκούργου toû kăkoúrgou	τοῖν κᾰκούργοιν toîn kăkoúrgoin	τῶν κᾰκούργων tôn kăkoúrgōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰκούργῳ tôi kăkoúrgōi	τοῖν κᾰκούργοιν toîn kăkoúrgoin	τοῖς κᾰκούργοις toîs kăkoúrgois
Accusative	τὸν κᾰκοῦργον tòn kăkoûrgon	τὼ κᾰκούργω tṑ kăkoúrgō	τοὺς κᾰκούργους toùs kăkoúrgous
Vocative	κᾰκοῦργε kăkoûrge	κᾰκούργω kăkoúrgō	κᾰκοῦργοι kăkoûrgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• κακοῦργος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κακοῦργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κακοῦργος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G2557 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • base idem, page 64.
  • caitiff idem, page 108.
  • criminal idem, page 184.
  • delinquent idem, page 208.
  • detrimental idem, page 220.
  • dishonest idem, page 234.
  • evil-doer idem, page 286.
  • felon idem, page 315.
  • felonious idem, page 315.
  • guilty idem, page 379.
  • harmful idem, page 386.
  • hurtful idem, page 411.
  • injurious idem, page 441.
  • knave idem, page 470.
  • knavish idem, page 470.
  • low idem, page 502.
  • malefactor idem, page 510.
  • malicious idem, page 510.
  • malign idem, page 510.
  • mean idem, page 519.
  • mischievous idem, page 533.
  • miscreant idem, page 533.
  • nefarious idem, page 554.
  • offender idem, page 571.
  • pernicious idem, page 607.
  • rascally idem, page 672.
  • reprobate idem, page 699.
  • roguish idem, page 720.
  • scoundrel idem, page 741.
  • sinister idem, page 779.
  • sinner idem, page 779.
  • transgressor idem, page 888.
  • vicious idem, page 950.
  • vile idem, page 952.
  • villain idem, page 952.
  • wicked idem, page 978.
  • wretch idem, page 993.
  • wrong-doer idem, page 994.