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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰκός (kakós, “bad”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ká.kɛː/ → /ˈka.ci/ → /ˈka.ci/
Noun
κᾰ́κη • (kákē) f (genitive κᾰ́κης); first declension
- wickedness, vice
- cowardice
Inflection
Synonyms
References
- “κάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κάκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- badness idem, page 59.
- baseness idem, page 64.
- cowardice idem, page 181.
- degradation idem, page 206.
- demoralisation idem, page 210.
- depravity idem, page 212.
- dishonesty idem, page 234.
- evil idem, page 286.
- gracelessness idem, page 368.
- immorality idem, page 418.
- impurity idem, page 425.
- infamy idem, page 437.
- iniquity idem, page 441.
- lowness idem, page 503.
- meanness idem, page 520.
- naughtiness idem, page 552.
- shabbiness idem, page 760.
- sordidness idem, page 794.
- unrighteousness idem, page 930.
- unscrupulousness idem, page 931.
- vice idem, page 950.
- vileness idem, page 952.
- wickedness idem, page 978.
- wrong idem, page 994.