A.ready to do anything, wicked, knavish, A.Ch.384, E.Alc.766, Ar.Eq.250, 450, al.: Sup., opp. εὐηθέστερος, Lys.3.44: as Subst., knave, rogue, E.Hipp.1400, Ar.Eq.249, al.; “ὦ πανοῦργε” E.Hec.1257, Ar.Ach.311; τὰ π. the knavish sort, S.Ph.448; τὸ π., = πανουργία, Id.El.1507: Comp. “-ότερος” LXX Pr.21.11; “-έστερος” Plu.2.395c: Sup. “-ότατος” Ar.Eq.45, Lys. l.c.
b. πανούργως κατασκευάζεσθαι to be adulterated, Gal.14.54.
3. of animals, as the fox, Arist.HA488b20, cf. 613b23.
II. in a less positively bad sense, cunning, clever, smart, “π. καὶ δεινός” D. 1.3, cf. Pl.Tht.177a, Arist.EN1144a28; “π. τε καὶ σοφός” Pl.R.409c; “κομψὸς καὶ π.” Plu. 2.28a: Sup., Plb.5.75.2. Adv. “-γως, π. καὶ ὑποκριτικῶς λέγειν τὰ ἔπη” Ath.9.407a.