κάκη

See also: κακή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰκός (kakós, “bad”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.kɛː/ → /ˈka.ci/ → /ˈka.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ci/

Noun

κᾰ́κη • (kákē) f (genitive κᾰ́κης); first declension

1. wickedness, vice
2. cowardice

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰ́κη; τῆς κᾰ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́κη hē kákē	τὼ κᾰ́κᾱ tṑ kákā	αἱ κᾰ́και hai kákai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́κης tês kákēs	τοῖν κᾰ́καιν toîn kákain	τῶν κᾰκῶν tôn kakôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́κῃ têi kákēi	τοῖν κᾰ́καιν toîn kákain	ταῖς κᾰ́καις taîs kákais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́κην tḕn kákēn	τὼ κᾰ́κᾱ tṑ kákā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́κᾱς tā̀s kákās
Vocative	κᾰ́κη kákē	κᾰ́κᾱ kákā	κᾰ́και kákai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• κᾰκῐ́ᾱ (kakíā)

References

• “κάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • badness idem, page 59.
  • baseness idem, page 64.
  • cowardice idem, page 181.
  • degradation idem, page 206.
  • demoralisation idem, page 210.
  • depravity idem, page 212.
  • dishonesty idem, page 234.
  • evil idem, page 286.
  • gracelessness idem, page 368.
  • immorality idem, page 418.
  • impurity idem, page 425.
  • infamy idem, page 437.
  • iniquity idem, page 441.
  • lowness idem, page 503.
  • meanness idem, page 520.
  • naughtiness idem, page 552.
  • shabbiness idem, page 760.
  • sordidness idem, page 794.
  • unrighteousness idem, page 930.
  • unscrupulousness idem, page 931.
  • vice idem, page 950.
  • vileness idem, page 952.
  • wickedness idem, page 978.
  • wrong idem, page 994.