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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

  • χρήσαιτο δ’ ἂν ὁ σπουδαῖοσ ἀνὴρ καὶ πενίᾳ καὶ νόσῳ καὶ ταῖσ ἄλλαισ τύχαισ ταῖσ φαύλαισ καλῶσ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 209:3)
  • ταῖσ δὲ φαύλαισ ζοφώδη καὶ χειμέριον ἀφορίζονται μυχὸν γέμοντα τιμωριῶν ἀδιαλείπτων. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 201:2)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. sorry

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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