πονηρ-ία,ἡ,
A. bad stateorcondition,
ὀφθαλμῶν
Pl. Hp.Mi. 374d
; ἡ τοῦ σώματος π.
Id. R. 609c
;π. ψυχῆςibid.
II. in moral sense,wickedness, vice, knavery,
ἡ μωρία . . ἀδελφὴ τῆς π. ἔφυ
S. Fr. 925
, cf. Ar. Th. 868 , Lys. 22.16 ;εἰς τὴν π. πάλιν τρέπεταιturns again tovice,
X. Cyr. 7.5.75 : in pl.,knavish tricks, rogueries,
D. 21.19 , Arist. Rh. 1389a18 .
2. baseness, cowardice,
E. Cyc. 645 , Lys. 14.9 .
3. with a political connotation,mob-rule,