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φαῦλος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαῦλος φαύλη φαῦλον

Structure: φαυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: like flau=ros

Sense

  1. (of things) easy, slight
  2. trivial, paltry, sorry, indifferent, miserable, poor
  3. sorry, paltry, mean, bad

Examples

  • καὶ τὰ μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ οὐ φαῦλαι ἐλπίδεσ, εἰ τὰ εἰκότα γίγνοιτο, ἀλλ̓ ἔθνοσ ἐπιτραπῆναι ἤ τινασ ἄλλασ πράξεισ βασιλικάσ. (Lucian, Apologia 30:1)
  • καὶ μὴν καὶ αἱ μείζουσ εἰ τὰ ἄλλα φαῦλαι τύχοιεν, κατ̓ αὐτὸ τὸ μέγεθοσ εὐφυέστεραι τῶν σμικρῶν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 4 3:1)
  • φαῦλαι δὲ τῶν μεγάλων, ὅσαι τὰ μέλη ἀπαγεῖσ καὶ ἀσύμμετροι· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 4 3:2)
  • εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ παρὰ τοῖσ βαρβάροισ ὥσπερ καὶ παρὰ τοῖσ Ἕλλησι σπουδαῖαι καὶ φαῦλαι ὀρχήσεισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 30 2:3)
  • καὶ γὰρ αἱ Δαμωνίδα τοῦ χωλοῦ κρηπῖδεσ, ἃσ ἀπολέσασ εὔχετο τοῖσ τοῦ κλέψαντοσ ἐναρμόσαι ποσί, φαῦλαι μὲν ἦσαν ἐκείνῳ δ’ ἡρ̀μοττον. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 3 11:2)
  • καὶ μὴν τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν αἱ ἀρχαὶ φαῦλαί τινεσ καὶ εὐτελεῖσ εἰσι, τῆσ δὲ παρασιτικῆσ ἀρχὴ πάνυ γενναία τισ· (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 22:2)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. sorry

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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