πονηρός
Alt. πονηρός, ή, όν
Etym. πονέω
I. "toilsome, painful, grievous", Theogn., Ar.
II. "in bad case, in sorry plight, useless, good-for-nothing", Ar., Plat., etc.:—adv., πονηρῶς ἔχειν to be "in bad case", Thuc.
III. in moral sense, "bad, worthless, knavish", Lat. pravus, improbus, Aesch., Eur.; πονηρὸς κἀκ πονηρῶν "rogue and son of rogues", Ar.; πόνῳ πονηρός laboriously "wicked", id=Ar.:— ὁ π. "the evil one", NTest.
2. "base, cowardly", Soph.; π. χρώματα the "coward's" hue, Xen.