κακίζω

A. abuse, reproach, τινα Hdt. 3.145, D. 34.2; κ. τινὰ ὅτι οὐκ . . Th. 2.21; νουθετεῖν τε καὶ κ. Pl. R. 560a; τὴν τύχην κ. D. 18.306, cf. 21.73: abs., Epicur. Nat. 28.12, 72 G.:—Pass., to be reproached, ὑπό τινος Th. 1.105.

II. make cowardly, E. IA 1435:—Pass., play the coward, οὔ ἑ κακιζόμενόν γε κατέκτα Il. 24.214; καὶ μὴ κακισθῇς E. Med. 1246, cf. El. 982, Pl. Mx. 247c; κακιζόμενοι τύχῃ worsted by fortune alone, Th. 5.75.