πονηρός, ά, όν,
in physical sense, oppressed by toils, πονηρότατος καὶ ἄριστος, of Heracles, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Frr.” 138,139. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 of things, toilsome, painful, grievous, ἔργα [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 14.20; νούσων πονηρότερον 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 274; φορτίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 352. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II in bad case, in sorry plight, useless, good-for-nothing, σύμμαχοι[[ [prev. work] 220, compare “Nu.” 102; στράτευμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.34; ἰατρός 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.4 (variant for{μοχθηρός})] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κύων, ἱππάριον, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 298d, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίαιτα, τροφή, σιτία, injurious, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 425e, “Lg.” 735b, “Grg.” 464d, etc.; π. ἕξις σώματος [prev. author] “Ti.” 86e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σῶμα, opposed to χρηστόν, [[ [prev. author] “Prt.” 313a, compare “R.” 341e ] Refs]; π. σκώμματα sorry jests, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 542; π. βούλευμα [prev. author] “Lys.” 517 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πράγματα a bad state of things, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.97, compare 24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀρχὴ τῆς παιδείας a bad beginning, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.11; π. τὴν ναυτιλίαν ναυτίλλεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 551c; π. πολιτεία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1294b38. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, -ρῶς ἔχειν to be in bad case, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.83, etc.; ἂ πονηρῶς ἔχει τῶν πραγμάτων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 14.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. διακεῖσθαι, διατεθῆναι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.12, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.55. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]