Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φλαῦρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φλαῦρος φλαῦρᾱ φλαῦρον

Structure: φλαυρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: collat. form of fau=los

Sense

  1. petty, paltry, trivial
  2. paltry, sorry, indifferent, bad, a mischief, disparagingly
  3. useless
  4. the meanest or weakest, the least serviceable part
  5. shabby, plain
  6. bad
  7. ill, ill off, badly, ill

Examples

  • Νεφέλαι δὲ ἐμφερόμεναι τοῖσιν οὔροισι, λευκαὶ μὲν ἀγαθαὶ, μέλαιναι δὲ φλαῦραι. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., PROGNWSTIKON, 12.5)
  • Κριμνώδεεσ δὲ ἐν τοῖσιν οὔροισιν αἱ ὑποστάσιεσ, πονηραί‧ τουτέων δέ εἰσι κακίουσ αἱ πεταλώδεεσ‧ αἱ λευκαὶ δὲ καὶ λεπταὶ, κάρτα φλαῦραι‧ τουτέων δ’ ἔτι κακίουσ εἰσὶν αἱ πιτυρώδεεσ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., PROGNWSTIKON, 12.4)

Synonyms

  1. petty

  2. paltry

  3. useless

  4. shabby

  5. bad

Related

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

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