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 or 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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → French: Panurge

Further reading

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