κάκ-ωσις [ᾰ],εως,ἡ, (κᾰκόω)
A. ill-treatment, τοῦ ἡγεμόνος
X. An. 4.6.3
, cf. Stud.Pal. 1.8.10 (V A.D. );oppression, τοῦ λαοῦ
LXX Ex. 3.7
.
2. esp. in Law,ill-usage, of persons by their natural protectors, ὁ τῆς κ. νόμος
Lys. 13.91
, cf. Is. 8.32 , D. 10.40 , etc.; γραφὴ κακώσεως
Id. 58.32
, Men. 328 ;κ. γονέων, ὀρφανῶν, ἐπικλήρου, οἴκου ὀρφανικοῦ, Arist. Ath. 56.6 ;τοκέων κ. Lycurg. 147 ; alsoκ. ἐπαρχίας misgovernment, of the Rom.actio repetundarum, Plu. Caes. 4 .
II. suffering, distress, Th. 2.43 ; πληρωμάτων
Id. 7.4
; αἰκίαι σωμάτων καὶ κακώσεις
Arist. Rh. 1386a8