κακός , comp. κακώτερος, κακίων, sup. κάκιστος: bad, opp. ἀγαθός, ἐσθλός. The variety of applications is as great
as that of the opp. words, hence ‘cowardly,’
‘ugly,’ ‘poor,’
‘vile,’ ‘sorry,’
‘useless,’ ‘destructive,’
‘miserable,’ ‘unlucky,’
‘ill - boding,’ etc. Not often of persons morally
bad, Od. 11.384. As subst., κακόν, κακά, evil, pest, ills
of all sorts, Il. 5.831, Od. 12.118, Od.
11.482.— Adv., κακῶς.