ready to do anything, wicked, knavish
πᾰ́νουργ-ος(properisp.),ον,
A. ready to do anything, wicked, knavish, A. Ch. 384 , E. Alc. 766 , Ar. Eq. 250 , 450 , al.: Sup. , opp.εὐηθέστερος, Lys. 3.44 : asSubst.,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.
2. Adv.
-γως
Ar. Eq. 317
, Pl. Sph. 239c : Sup.
-ότατα
Ar. Eq. 56
.
b. πανούργως κατασκευάζεσθαιto beadulterated, Gal. 14.54 .
3. of animals, as the fox, Arist. HA 488b20 , cf. 613b23 .
II. in a less positively bad sense,cunning, clever, smart, π. καὶ δεινός
D. 1.3
, cf. Pl. Tht. 177a , Arist. EN 1144a28 ; 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
.
