φαυλότης
Ὁ κόσμος σκηνή, ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες, εἶδες, ἀπῆλθες → The world is a stage, life is your entrance: you came, you saw, you departed (Democritus fr. 115 D-K)
English (LSJ)
ητος, ἡ,
A meanness, poorness, badness, of persons and things, Pl.Lg.646b, Isoc.4.146 (pl.); τῆς στολῆς X.Cyr.2.4.5; τῶν βρωμάτων ib.5.2.16; φ. χώρας, opp. ἀρετή, poorness of soil, Pl.Lg. 745d; opp. ἐπιείκεια, Arist.EN1175b25; φ. μοναρχίας ἡ τυραννίς ib. 1160b10: in pl., states of bad health, Dsc.2.49. 2 want of accomplishments or skill, Hp.Art.77 (v.l. for φλαυρότης), E.Fr.641; στρατηγῶνφ. D.18.303; ἡ ἐμὴ φ. my lack of judgement, my poor judgement, X.Mem.4.2.39, Pl.Hp.Ma.286d. 3 in good sense, plainness, simplicity of life, ἡ ἀμφὶ τὸ σῶμα φ. X.Ages.11.11, cf. HG4.1.30.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1259] ητος, ἡ, Geringfügigkeit; – Schlichtheit, Einfachheit, Xen. Hell. 4, 1,30; – schlechte, gemeine, einfache Beschaffenheit, Wohlfeilheit, Xen. Cyr. 2, 4,5. 5, 2,16; Ggstz des Gesuchten, Umständlichen, Kostbaren, Plat. Legg. V, 745 d; ἡ ἐμὴ φαυλότης, meine geringe Beurtheilungskraft, Hipp. mai. 286 d, wie Xen. Mem. 4, 2,39; οἳ διὰ φαυλότητα οὐχ οἷοί τε ἦσαν ζῆν, wegen Dürftigkeit Isocr. 4, 146.
