Lexical Definition

‎πονηρότερος‎ ponēróteros (pon-ay-rot'-er-os) more evil ^G:A
comparative of ‎πονηρός‎

more wicked.

• more evil

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Included with: πονηρότερος, ά, όν,

in physical sense, oppressed by toils, πονηρότατος καὶ ἄριστος, of Heracles, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 of things, toilsome, painful, grievous, ἔργα [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II in bad case, in sorry plight, useless, good-for-nothing, σύμμαχοι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κύων, ἱππάριον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δίαιτα, τροφή, σιτία, injurious, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. σῶμα, opposed to χρηστόν, [Refs]; π. σκώμματα sorry jests, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πράγματα a bad state of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀρχὴ τῆς παιδείας a bad beginning, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, -ρῶς ἔχειν to be in bad case, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. διακεῖσθαι, διατεθῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III in moral sense, worthless, knavish, φήμη, βίος, ζόη, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πονηρὸς.. κἀκ πονηρῶν rogue and son of rogues, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ πόνῳ πονηρέ in a comic jingle, [Refs]; π. πόρρω τέχνης past master in knavery, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. [ῥῆμα] malicious, [NT]wickednesses, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; δόλῳ πονηρῷ, Latin dolo malo, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὁ π. the evil one, [NT+4th c.AD+]
__III.2 base, cowardly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. χρώματα, i.e. the coward's hue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 with a political connotation, of the baser sort, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to καλοὶ κἀγαθοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —On the variation of accent, πονηρότερος and πόνηρος, see at {μοχθηρός} near the end

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.5.11 ☩ LXX.Deut.17.2 ☩ Matt.13.19}