Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φαυλεπίφαυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαυλεπίφαυλος φαυλεπίφαυλον

Structure: φαυλεπιφαυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bad upon bad, bad as bad can be

Examples

  • ἢν δ’ ἄρα δὶσ καὶ τρὶσ μεγάλησ δράξωνται ἀπήνησ, δὴ ῥα τότ’ εἰσ ὡρ́ασ φαυλεπιφαυλότατοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2382)

Synonyms

  1. bad upon bad

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION