A.maltreat, distress, in Hom. always of persons, “κεκακωμένοι ἐν Πύλῳ ἦμεν, ἐλθὼν γάρ ῥ᾽ ἐκάκωσε βίη Ἡρακληείη” Il.11.689; μηδὲ . . κάκου κεκακωμένον afflict not the afflicted, Od.4.754; “ἠμὲν κυδῆναι . . βροτὸν ἠδὲ κακῶσαι” 16.212, cf. 20.99; “ὅσοι παθόντες εὖ κακοῦσί μ᾽ ἐκδίκως” A.Pr.976; κ. [θεὸς] “δῶμα” Id.Fr.156; “κ. τοὺς ἀναιτίους” E.HF 1162; “τοὺς Ἀθηναίους” Th.8.32; “τὸν δῆμον” Lys.13.91; “ἑαυτούς” Pl. Mx.248c:—in Pass., to be in ill plight, be distressed, κεκακωμένος ἅλμῃ befouled with brine, Od.6.137 (v. supr.): generally, Hdt.1.170, al., A.Pers.728 (troch.), S.OC261, And.2.16, Th.4.25; “πρὸς θεῶν κακοῦται” E.Hel.268; “ἐκάκωτο ὑπὸ τῆς πορείας” X.An.4.5.35; “ἐκ πυρετοῖο” AP11.382.1 (Agath.).
2. of things, spoil, ruin, “τὰ κοινά” Hdt.3.82; “τὸ ναυτικόν” Th.8.78; of the air, injure a plant, Thphr.CP2.11.2; “τὰ κακούμενα τῆς Χώρας” Aen.Tact.15.1: Astrol., render unpropitious, Vett. Val.70.22 (Pass.): physically, injure, paralyse, “τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν νεύρων” Gal.2.690:—Pass., κακοῦται πᾶν τὸ σκέλος deteriorates, Hp.Art.58.
