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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

  • σωφροσύνη δ’ ἐστὶν ἀρετὴ τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ, καθ’ ἣν ἀνόρεκτοι γίνονται περὶ τὰσ ἀπολαύσεισ τῶν φαύλων ἡδονῶν. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 9:2)
  • ἀκράτεια δ’ ἐστὶ κακία τοῦ ἐπιθυμητικοῦ, καθ’ ἣν παρασύρουσι τῇ ἀλογίᾳ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ὠθοῦσαν ἐπὶ τὰσ τῶν φαύλων ἡδονῶν ἀπολαύσεισ. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 12:4)
  • οὐχ ὁρῶ γὰρ ὅ τι ἂν ἀπολαύσαιμεν τῆσ ἐπιμελείασ ταύτησ, εἰ μήτε τῶν φαύλων ἀποτροπὰσ εὑρέσθαι δυνατὸν ἡμῖν ἐκ τῶν εὐχῶν μήτε ἀγαθοῦ τινοσ θεοσδότου ἐπιτυχεῖν. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 5:5)
  • οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ τὰ χαροπὰ φαῦλά ἐστιν, οὐδὲ φαύλων κυνῶν σύμβολα, εἰ τύχοι καθαρὰ καὶ γοργὰ ἰδεῖν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 4 5:5)
  • σὺ δὲ εἰ βούλει λῆρόν τινα κατασκεδάσαι μου, ἕτοιμοσ φιλικὴν ταύτην λειτουργίαν ὑποστῆναι καὶ παρασχεῖν τὰ ὦτα, καὶ ἄνευ κηροῦ παρακούειν τῶν φαύλων δυνάμενοσ. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 6:4)

Synonyms

  1. easy

  2. sorry

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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