πονηρ-ία, ἡ,
bad state or condition, ὀφθαλμῶν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 374d; ἡ τοῦ σώματος π. [prev. author] “R.” 609c; π. ψυχῆς [prev. passage] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in moral sense, wickedness, vice, knavery, ἡ μωρία.. ἀδελφὴ τῆς π. ἔφυ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 925, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 868, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τὴν π. πάλιν τρέπεται turns again to vice, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.75 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, knavish tricks, rogueries, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.19, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1389a18. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 baseness, cowardice, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 645, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 with a political connotation, mob-rule, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.47. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]