πονηρόν (poneron)

πονηρόν is an Ancient Greek form of πονηρός, meaning “bad, wicked, worthless”. It is the accusative singular neuter adjective.

Found 290 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 4.7.51: … θεῖν. πρὸς τὸν βάσκανον ἐσκυθρωπακότα, οὐκ οἶδα, ἔφη, πότερον σοὶ κακὸν γέγονεν ἢ ἄλλῳ ἀγαθόν. τὴν δυσγένειαν πονηρὸν ἔλεγεν εἶναι σύνοικον τῇ παρρησίᾳ· δουλοῖ γὰρ ἄνδρα, κἂν θρασύσπλαγχνός τις ᾖ. τοὺς φίλους ὁποῖοι ἂν ὦσι συντ …

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 24.68: ἠνώγει. μηδʼ εἴ τι θεοὶ νοέοντι πονηρόν,

Lucian of Samosata, Dialogi meretricii 1.1: … ν σοὶ μὲν ἐκεῖνος οὐ πρόσεισι, Γοργόναν δὲ ἑταίραν πεποίηται; Ναί, ὦ Θαΐ, καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα οὐ μετρίως μου ἥψατο. Πονηρὸν μέν, ὦ Γλυκέριον, οὐκ ἀδόκητον δέ, ἀλλ’ εἰωθὸς γίγνεσθαι ὑφ' ἡμῶν τῶν ἑταιρῶν. οὔκουν χρὴ οὔτε ἀνιᾶσθαι ἄγαν …

All forms of πονηρός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.