κακός .κᾰκός, ή, όν bad, Lat. malus: of persons, opp. to καλός, mean, ugly, Il. opp. to ἀγαθός, ἐσθλός, ill-born, mean, ignoble, Hom., Soph. craven, cowardly, base, Hom., Hdt., Attic bad of his kind, i. e. worthless, sorry, poor, κ. ἀλήτης a sorry beggar, Od.; κ. ἰατρός Aesch.; κ. ναύτης Eur.; πάντα κακός bad in all things, Od.; κακὸς γνώμην Soph.;— c. inf., κακὸς μανθάνειν bad at learning, Soph. in moral sense, bad, evil, wicked, Od., Attic of death, disease, etc., bad, evil, baneful, Hom., Attic; of omens, bad, unlucky, Attic; of words, evil, abusive, Soph.; κ. ποιμήν, i. e. the storm, Aesch. κακόν, and κακά, τά, as Subst. evil, ill, Od., Hdt., etc.; δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν having chosen the least of two evils, Soph.:— κακόν τι ἔρδειν or ῥέζειν τινά to do evil or ill to any one, Il.; κακὸν (or κακὰ ποιεῖν τινά Attic; κακὰ κακῶν τὰ κάκιστα, Soph. κακά, τά, also evil words, reproaches, Hdt., Trag. degrees of Comparison: regul. comp. κακώτερος Od., Theocr.; but never in Attic:—irreg. κακίων, ον, with ῐ], Hom., [with ῑ], Attic Sup. κάκιστος, Hom., etc.:—but χείρων, χείριστος, and ἥσσων, ἥκιστος, are also used as comp. and Sup. adv. κακῶς, Lat. male, ill, Il., etc.:— κακῶς ποιεῖν τινα to treat one ill; κακῶς ποιεῖν τινά τι to do one any evil, Attic; κακῶς πράσσειν to fare ill, Aesch.; κακῶς πάσχειν Aesch.; κακῶς γίγνεταί τινι Hdt.; κακῶς ἐκπέφευγα, Lat. vix demum effugi, Dem.:—comp. κάκιον, Hdt., Attic: Sup. κάκιστα, Ar., etc. in Compos., when added to words already signifying something bad, it increases this property, as in κακο-πινής· but added to words signifying something good, it implies too little of this property, as in κακό-δοξος. Once or twice it stands merely as an adj. agreeing with the Subst. with which it is compounded, as Κακοΐλιος for κακὴ Ἴλιος, κακόνυμφος for κακὸς νυμφίος.