φλαῦρος

English (LSJ)

α, ον,

   A = φαῦλος (EM128.57), first in Sol.13.15, Pi.P.1.87, prevailing in Ion. Prose, and freq. in Att. (v. infr. 1.2 and 111):    I mostly of things, petty, paltry, trivial, Sol., Pi. ll. cc.; ἀποσκήψαντος τοῦ ἐνυπνίου ἐς φλαῦρον having come to a trivial ending, Hdt.1.120.    2 indifferent, bad, χώρην τῆς νῦν ἐκτήμεθα οὐκ ἐλάσσονα οὐδὲ φλαυροτέρην Id.7.8.ά; φ. σημεῖον Hp.Aph.6.52; εἴ τι φ. εἶδες A.Pers.217 (troch.); opp. ἀγαθός, Pl.Men.92c; opp. καλός, Democr. 63; φλαῦρ' ἔπη μυθούμενος S.Aj.1162; κλύειν φλαῦρα ib.1323; φλαῦρον ἐργάσασθαί τινα to do one a mischief, Ar.Nu.1157; φλαῦρον εἰπεῖν τινας speak disparagingly of them, ib.834, cf. Lys.1045 (lyr.); περί τινος Antipho 5.30, Isoc.5.76; τῆς δόξης ταύτης φ. τι καταγιγνώσκειν Id.15.297; φ. τι ἀπολαῦσαί Id.8.81; γέροντα δ' ὀρθοῦν φλαῦρὸν ὃς νέος πέσῃ it is a poor thing, S.OC395.    II less freq. of persons, οὐ φλαυροτάτους . . τιμωρούς not the least distinguished... Hdt. 7.171; τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ -ότατον the least serviceable part, Id.1.207; οἰκίης οὐ -οτέρης not meaner, Id.1.99.    2 shabby, plain, of personal appearance, τὸ εἶδος φ. Id.6.61.    3 bad, opp. χρηστός, E.Med.1103 (anap.).    III Adv., -ρως ἔχειν to be ill, Hp.Mul.1.26, Hdt.3.129, 6.135, Pl.Sph.228b; φ. ἔχειν τινός to be ill off for a thing, Th.1.126; φ. ἔχειν τὴν τέχνην have a slight knowledge of . . Hdt.3.130; φ. πρῆξαι τῷ στόλῳ to fare badly with . . Id.6.94; φ. ἀκούειν to be ill spoken of, Id.7.10.ή; φ. λέγειν ὑπέρ τινος Ael.VH8.17; φ. ἰέναι, of the καταμήνια, Hp.Steril.241.