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κακός

4 bad of his kind, i.e. worthless, sorry, unskilled, ἡνίοχοι Il. 17.487; [ τοξότης] ἢ κ. ἢ ἀγαθός ib. 632; νομῆες Od. 17.246; κ. ἀλήτης a bad beggar, ib. 578; ἰατρός A. Pr. 473; κυβερνήτης, ναύτης, E. Supp. 880, Andr. 457; μάγειρος Pl. Phdr. 265e: c. acc. modi, πάντα γὰρ οὐ κακός εἰμι I am not bad in all things, Od. 8.214; κ. γνώμην S. Ph. 910: also c. dat., κακοὶ γνώμαισι Id. Aj. 964: c. inf., κ. μανθάνειν Id. OT 545; [ νῆσος] φυτεύεσθαι κακή Trag.Adesp. 393; cf. 11.

νομεύς

herdsman, κύνες τʼ ἄνδρες τε νομῆες Il. 17.65; δύω δʼ ἅμʼ ἕποντο νομῆες, opp. the chief herdsman, Od. 17.214, cf. 16.3, 17.246: generic term including the special αἰπόλος, βουκόλος, ποιμήν, συβώτης, cf. Pl. Tht. 174d, R. 370d; βοῶν ἀγέλης ν. X. Mem. 1.2.32; ν. προβάτων Arist. EN 1161a14.

φθείρω

destroy things, μῆλα κακοὶ φθείρουσι νομῆες Od. 17.246; φ. τῶν Συρίων τοὺς κλήρους waste them, Hdt. 1.76, cf. X. HG 7.2.11, An. 4.7.20; τοὺς θεῶν νόμους S. Aj. 1344; τὰς ναῦς v.l. in Th. 2.91; τὴν πόλιν καὶ νόμους Pl. Lg. 958c, cf. X. Mem. 1.5.3; εὐδαιμονίαν Din. l.c.; ἔμβρυα Dsc. 2.163; τὸ συλληφθέν Sor. 1.60 (also abs., miscarry, ib. 59); τὸν κοινὸν οἶκον Mitteis Chr. 284.11 (ii B. C.): — Pass., to be destroyed, S. Aj. 25, etc.; ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν καὶ διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν καὶ γίνεται πᾶσα ἀρετὴ καὶ φθείρεται Arist. EN 1103b8; εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν φ. pass away, cease to be, Epicur. Ep. 1p.5U.; δυὰς προσθέσει μονάδος εἰς τριάδα φθείρεται μηκέτι μένουσα δυάς Ph. 2.509; of animals, perish, PStrassb. 24.15 (ii A. D.).

κακός

κακός -ή, -όν. Comp. κακώτερος Il. 19.321, Il. 22.106: Od. 6.275, Od. 8.138, Od. 15.343, Od. 21.324. κακίων Od. 14.56. Neut. κάκιον Il. 9.601: Od. 18.174, Od. 19.120. Nom. pl. masc. κακίους Od. 2.277. Superl. κάκιστος Il. 16.570: Od. 1.391, Od. 4.199, Od. 17.415. 1 Of mean birth or extraction: οὐ κακὸς εἴδεται Il. 14.472. Cf. Il. 14.126. Absol.: οὔ τι κακῷ ἐῴκει Od. 1.411. Cf. Il. 14.472: Od. 4.64. 2 Spiritless, cowardly, craven, unmanly: ὅς κακὸς ἠδʼ ὅς κʼ ἐσθλὀς ἔῃσιν Il. 2.365. Cf. Il. 5.643, Il. 6.489, Il. 8.153, Il. 16.570, Il. 17.180: Od. 2.270, 278, Od. 3.375. Deficient in or deprived of strength, powerless, feeble: κακὸν καὶ ἀνήνορα Od. 10.301, 341. Cf. Od. 21.131. Absol., a coward or poltroon: κακὸν ὥς Il. 2.190, Il. 15.196. Cf. Il. 4.299, Il. 6.443, Il. 8.94, Il. 9.319, Il. 11.408, Il. 13.279, Il. 17.632. 3 In reference to the bodily frame, ill-shapen, of mean appearance: εἶδος ἔην κακός Il. 10.316. Cf. Od. 8.134. 4 Not serviceable, worthless, sorry, of no account, good for nothing: κακὰ τέκνα Il. 24.253. Cf. Il. 2.235, Il. 5.787=Il. 8.228, Il. 8.164, Il. 13.623, Il. 22.106: ὁ κάκιστος Ἀχαιῶν Od. 17.415. Cf. Od. 2.277, Od. 4.199, Od. 6.187, 275, Od. 9.453, Od. 10.68, Od. 14.56, Od. 17.246, 578, Od. 20.227, Od. 21.324. Absol.: κακὸς κακὸν ἡγηλάζει Od. 17.217. Cf. Il. 24.63: Od. 6.189, Od. 8.553, Od. 22.415=Od. 23.66. Sim.: ἔργα κακά (suited to a vagabond) Od. 17.226, Od. 18.362. 5 Unskilled, inexperienced: ἡνιόχοισιν Il. 17.487. Cf. Od. 8.214. 6 Ill to deal with, driving a hard bargain: ἐεδνωταί Il. 13.382. 7 Baleful, maleficent: δαίμων Od. 10.64, 149. Cf. Od. 12.87. Doing or contriving evil: γυναικός Od. 11.384. Sim.: νόῳ Od. 13.229. 8 Bad of its kind: νῆσος (unproductive, barren) Od. 9.131. Of raiment, foul, ragged Od. 4.245, Od. 11.191, Od. 13.434, Od. 14.342, 506, Od. 17.24, Od. 19.72, Od. 23.95, 115, Od. 24.156. Absol.: κακὰ εἱμένος Od. 19.327. Of discourse: κακόν τι (unseemly) Il. 4.362, μύθῳ (outrageous) Il. 5.650, ἔπος (grievous, woeful) Il. 17.701, ἐπέεσσιν (ἔπος) (unseemly, unmannerly) Il. 23.493, Il. 24.767: ἔπεσιν (insulting, abusive) Od. 24.161. In regard to weather, bad, foul, trying: νύξ Od. 14.457, 475. Epithet of night as restricting activity or observation Il. 10.188. 9 a Bringing or entailing evil, bane, harm or misfortune, evil, ill, baneful, disastrous, harmful: νοῦσον Il. 1.10, ἕλκεϊ Il. 2.723. Cf. Il. 1.284, Il. 2.114, Il. 6.346, Il. 13.812, Il. 17.401, Il. 18.8, Il. 23.176, Il. 24.219 (boding ill), 532, etc.: μόρον Od. 1.166, κήδεα 244, ἄνεμον Od. 5.109. Cf. Od. 3.161, Od. 5.467, Od. 10.46, Od. 12.300, Od. 14.269, Od. 20.87, 357, Od. 23.217, etc. For κακὸν ἦμαρ see ἦμαρ 4(e). Of sound, of evil import, betokening calamity: κόναβος Od. 10.122. b Producing evil effects, defiling, destroying: φάρμακα Il. 22.94 (maddening): Od. 10.213 (working enchantment). Cf. Od. 13.435, Od. 16.35. 10 Of deeds,in ethical sense, evil, wrongful, violent: ἔργα Od. 2.67, Od. 8.329, Od. 9.477, Od. 14.284, Od. 19.380, Od. 17.158, Od. 20.16, Od. 23.64, Od. 24.199, 326. 11 Absol. in neut. sing. κακόν. a Evil, bane, harm, misfortune, mischance, destruction, trouble, an instance of these: μή τι ῥέξῃ κ. υἷας Ἀχαιῶν Il. 2.195. Cf. Il. 5.63, 374, Il. 8.541, Il. 9.250, Il. 11.363, Il. 14.80, Il. 15.586, Il. 19.290, Il. 22.453, etc.: κ. μοι ἔμπεσεν οἴκῳ Od. 2.45, πῆμα κακοῖο (woe of evil, evil and woe) Od. 3.152. Cf. Od. 2.166, Od. 4.237, Od. 6.173, Od. 9.423, Od. 13.46, Od. 15.178, Od. 17.567, Od. 20.83, Od. 21.304, etc. In reference to persons: τυκτὸν κ. Il. 5.831. Cf. Il. 21.39: Od. 3.306, Od. 4.667, Od. 12.118, Od. 16.103. In milder sense Od. 15.72. b A hard thing, something putting a strain on one's resources: κ. με πόλλʼ ἀποτίνειν Od. 2.132. c In reference to action, a bad thing, something unworthy, undesirable or unprofitable: ταῦτʼ οὐ κ. ἐστιν Il. 18.128: οὔ τι κ. βασιλευέμεν Od. 1.392. Cf. Od. 4.837=Od. 11.464, Od. 20.218. In comp.: κάκιόν κεν εἴη . . . Il. 9.601. Also in comp., not a good thing, a bad thing: κάκιον πενθήμεναι αἰεί Od. 18.174, Od. 19.120. In superl.: ἦ φῂς τοῦτο κάκιστον τετύχθαι; Od. 1.391. 12 Absol. in neut. pl. κακά. a In senses similar to those of 11.a: μάντι κακῶν Il. 1.106, κ. Πριάμῳ φέρουσαι Il. 2.304, πολλὰ κάκʼ ἄνσχεο Il. 24.518. Cf. Il. 1.107, Il. 2.234, Il. 3.57, 99, Il. 4.21, Il. 9.540, Il. 17.105, Il. 21.442, etc.: ἐξ ἡμέων φασὶ κάκʼ ἔμμεναι Od. 1.33, κάκʼ ἔρεξεν Od. 2.72. Cf. Od. 2.134, Od. 3.113, Od. 4.221, Od. 6.175, Od. 9.460, Od. 10.286, Od. 12.208, Od. 17.287, Od. 18.123, Od. 23.287, etc. b Violent efforts or strivings: μηδὲ τρίβεσθε κακοῖσιν Il. 23.735. c Evil devices: κακῶν ἔμπαιος Od. 21.400. d Plans ill-contrived, ill-judged courses: κακὰ μητιόωντι Il. 18.312. e Diseases, maladies, injuries: ἰητῆρα κακῶν Od. 17.384. f Things ill-done, excesses, wrongs: ἐπὶ προτέροισι κακοῖσιν Od. 22.264. Cf. Od. 3.213, Od. 21.298, Od. 22.316, etc. g Things that defile, defilement, pollution: θέειον κακῶν ἄκος Od. 22.481.

μῆλον1

μῆλον1 -ου, τό. 1 In pl., small cattle, sheep or goats Il. 2.696, Il. 4.476, Il. 5.556, Il. 10.485, Il. 12.301, etc. : Od. 1.92, Od. 4.622, Od. 8.59, Od. 9.298, Od. 13.222, etc. 2 Referring specifically a To sheep : ὡς εἴ τε μετὰ κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα Il. 13.492. Cf. Od. 4.86, 413, Od. 10.85, 525, 532, Od. 11.4, 20, 33, 35, 45, 108 (see Od. 12.129), Od. 12.128, 136, 263, 322. In sing., a sheep : ἢ βοῦν ἠέ τι μ. Od. 12.301. b To goats : ὑπὸ σπέος [αἰπόλος] ἤλασε μῆλα Il. 4.279. Cf. Od. 17.246. In sing., a goat : μ. αἰγῶν ὅς τις φαίνηται ἄριστος Od. 14.105.

νομεύς

νομεύς ὁ [νου-, νεμ-, νέμω.] A herdsman or shepherd Il. 11.697, Il. 15.632, Il. 18.525, 577, 583 : Od. 4.413, Od. 16.3, 27, Od. 17.214= Od. 20.175, Od. 17.246, Od. 21.19. Joined with ἄνδρες Il. 17.65.

φθείρω

φθείρω (δια-) To destroy: μῆλα κακοὶ φθείρουσι νομῆες (are their destruction) Od. 17.246. In pass., to perish : φθείρεσθε Il. 21.128.