κακισμός

κακισμός

masc nom sg

κακ-ισμός, ὁ, = foreg., Phld.Vit.p.10 J., Str.9.3.10.

κακισμός

masc dat pl

κακισμός

masc dat pl

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `bad, awful, worthless' (Il.).

Compounds: Often as 1. member (opposion to εὖ); also as 2. member, e. g. ἄ-κακος `who does not know what is bad, unguilty' (bahuvrihi; Sapph., A.); also ἀ-κάκᾱς (Dor.) adjunct of Hades (Megara), of Dareios (A. Pers. 855 [lyr.]), cf. Chantraine Formation 28 (hardly correct Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 187 n. 2).

Derivatives:. Comp forms: κακώτερος (Il.), κακίων, κάκιστος (Il.; after ἄριστος, Seiler 100f.; s. also Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 259). Abstracts: 1. κακότης `badness' (Il.); 2. κακία `id.' (Thgn., Att.; on κακότης: κακία Porzig Satzinhalte 212); 3. κάκη `bad character, cowardice' (A., E.); after πάθη, βλάβη, cf. Frisk Eranos 43, 221; as 2. member in στομα-κάκη a disease of mouth and teeth (Str., Plin.). - Denomin. verbs. 1. κακίζω `revile', - ίζομαι `behave badly, be coward' (Il.) with κακισμός (Phld., Str.), κάκισις (Vett. Val.) `scorn'; 2. κακόω `do wrong, damage,' (Il.) with κάκωσις `maltreat, damage' (IA.), κακωτής `damager', κακωτικός `damaging, harmful' (Ph., Vett. Val.); 3. κακύνομαι, - ύνω `prove bad, cowardly, damage' (E., Pl.; Schwyzer 733).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown] (PGX)

Etymology: No clear etymology, originally no doubt an expressive word of the (lower) popular language. Often compared with κακκάω (Prellwitz, Güntert Reimwortbildungen 83); even less probable or quite impossible proposals in Bq; see Scheftelowitz ZII 6, 119. - New Phryg. κακο(υ)ν is a Greek LW [loanword], Solmsen KZ 34, 52 n. 4, Hirt Idg. 2, 596; diff. Meillet MSL 15, 340. Is it Pre-Greek?

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