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κάκ-ωσις [α^], εως, , (κα^κόω)
A.ill-treatment, “τοῦ ἡγεμόνοςX.An.4.6.3, cf. Stud.Pal.1.8.10 (V A.D.); oppression, “τοῦ λαοῦLXX Ex.3.7.
2. esp. in Law, ill-usage, of persons by their natural protectors, “ τῆς κ. νόμοςLys.13.91, cf. Is.8.32, D.10.40, etc.; “γραφὴ κακώσεωςId.58.32, Men.328; κ. γονέων, ὀρφανῶν, ἐπικλήρου, οἴκου ὀρφανικοῦ, Arist.Ath.56.6; τοκέων κ. Lycurg.147; also κ. ἐπαρχίας misgovernment, of the Rom. actio repetundarum, Plu.Caes.4.
II. suffering, distress, Th.2.43; “πληρωμάτωνId.7.4; “αἰκίαι σωμάτων καὶ κακώσειςArist.Rh.1386a8, cf. 1385a24; of the effects of disease, Hp. VM17: pl., Id.Aër.19; “αἱ τᾶς σαρκὸς τακομένας κακώσιεςTi.Locr. 102c, cf. Phld.Mort.21, Sor.1.31.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 56.6
    • Demosthenes, Philippic 4, 40
    • Demosthenes, Against Theocrines, 32
    • Isaeus, Ciron, 32
    • Lycurgus, Against Leocrates, 147
    • Lysias, Against Agoratus, 91
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.43
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 4.6.3
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.4
    • Hippocrates, De prisca medicina, 19
    • Hippocrates, De prisca medicina, 17
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 3.7
    • Plutarch, Caesar, 4
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