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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

  • πρὸ πάντων δὲ ἐκεῖνο μέμνησό μοι, μὴ μιμεῖσθαι τῶν ὀλίγον πρὸ ἡμῶν γενομένων σοφιστῶν τὰ φαυλότατα μηδὲ περιεσθίειν ἐκεῖνα ὥσπερ νῦν, ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν τοιαῦτα καταπατεῖν, ζηλοῦν δὲ τὰ ἀρχαῖα τῶν παραδειγμάτων. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 23:2)
  • πολλὰ γὰρ καὶ τούτῳ καὶ οὐ τὰ φαυλότατα ἐν τοῖσ πολεμικοῖσ ἐπιτέτραπται. (Arrian, chapter 6 7:2)
  • φαυλότατα καὶ ῥᾷστ’. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 2:2)
  • εἰ καὶ λέγειν ἅπαντεσ ἐβούλονθ’ οἱ παριόντεσ καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὑμεῖσ ἐξ ὧν ὡσ φαυλότατα ἔμελλε τὰ πράγματα ἕξειν, οὐκ ἂν ἡγοῦμαι δύνασθαι χεῖρον ἢ νῦν διατεθῆναι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 54 3:2)
  • εἰ καὶ λέγειν ἅπαντεσ ἐβούλοντο οἱ παριόντεσ καὶ χειροτονεῖν ὑμεῖσ, ἐξ ὧν ὡσ φαυλότατα τὰ πράγματα ἤμελλεν ἕξειν, οὐκ ἂν ἡγοῦμαι δύνασθαι χεῖρον ἢ νῦν διατεθῆναι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 9 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. sorry

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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