πανοῦργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compound of πᾶν (pân, everything) + ἔργον (érgon, work) + -ος (-os, noun of result or an abstract noun of action).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πᾰνοῦργος (panoûrgos) m, f (neuter πᾰνοῦργον); second declension

  1. (derogatory) (literally: "ready to do anything", but nearly always in a bad sense) knavish, roguish, villainous, treacherous, sly

Declension

Descendants

  • French: Panurge

Further reading

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