φαῦλος

English (LSJ)

η, ον, also ος, ον E.Hipp.435, Fr.1083.9, Th.6.21: (cf. φλαῦρος):—

   A cheap, easy, slight, paltry, first found commonly in E., twicein Hdt.1.26, 126 (Comp., elsewh.φλαῦρος), six times in Democr., Fr.87, al., twice in S., Frr.41,771: Adv. φαύλως once in A.: A. Pers. 520.    I of things, easy, slight, φ. ἀθλήσας πόνον E.Supp.317; φαυλότατον ἔργον tis as easy as lying', Ar.Eq.213; φ. πρᾶγμα Id.Lys.14; τὸ ζήτημα οὐ φ. Pl.R.368c; φ. ἐρώτημα Id.Phlb.19a; φαῦλον αὐτοῖς προστάξομεν Id.R.423c: freq. with negat., οὐ φ., ἀλλὰ χαλεπὸν πιστεῦσαι ib.527d; μάχη οὐ φ. Id.Tht.179d; οὐ φ. τέχνη Id.Sph.223c; οὔτοι βασιλέα φαῦλόν [ἐστι] κτανεῖν 'tis no slight matter to kill a king, E.El.760; νυκτὸς γὰρ οὔτι φ. ἐμβαλεῖν στρατόν no easy matter, Id.Rh.285; οὐ φ. πληγαί D.54.13; φιλοῦσιν ἰατροὶ λέγειν τὰ φαῦλα μείζω Men.497; φαῦλα ἐπιφέρειν bring paltry charges, Hdt.1.26; τὰ φ. νικήσας ἔχω have gained petty victories, S.Fr.41 (wrongly glossed by μέγα in Phot., Suid., and EM789.43, cf. Hsch); σύμμαχον Τροίᾳ μολόντα Ῥῆσον οὐ φαύλῳ τρόπῳ, i. e. with no trivial force, E.Rh. 599; παρὰ φαῦλον ποιεῖσθαί τι D.H.Rh.4.2, cf. Lib.Or.14.26. Adv. -λως εὑρεῖν, τυχεῖν, Ar.Eq.404 (troch.), 509 (anap.); φ. πάνυ Id.Lys. 566 (anap.); φ. ἐκφυγεῖν to get off easily, Id.Ach.215 (lyr.); φ. ἀποδράς Id.Th.711 (lyr.); φαυλότατα καὶ ῥᾷστα Id.Nu.778; οὔτι φαύλως ἦλθε with no trivial force, E.Ph.112; φ. βοηθήσειν D.15.13; φαύλως καὶ γλίσχρως παρείχοντο χρήματα Hell.Oxy.14.2; τὰς ἐλπίδας φ. ἔχειν to be slight, Hdn.1.3.1.    2 simple, ordinary, δίαιτα Hp.Fract.36, Art.49, Eur.Fr.213.4; σῖτα καὶ ποτὰ φαυλότατα X.Mem.1.6.2, cf. Hp. Vict.3.68 (Comp.); but freq. with sense poor, indifferent, στρατιά Th.6.21; ἀσπίδες, τείχισμα, παρασκευή, Id.4.9.115, 6.31; ἱμάτιον X. l. c. Adv. -λως, διατρίβειν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ Pl.Tht.173c; μὴ φ. μηδὲ ἰδιωτικῶς Id.Lg.966e.    3 mean, bad, πρῆξις Democr.177; λόγοι E. Andr.870, ψόγος Id.Ph.94 (perh. both in signf. 1.1 and in 1.3); οὐ φ. ὄψις Pl.R.519a; φ. δόξα D.24.205; τὰ πράγματ' ἐστὶ φ. Id.19.30; φαῦλα διαπεπραγμένος Philem.229; ὁ φαῦλα πράττων Ev.Jo.3.20; μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ φ. Ep.Rom.9.11; τὸ φ. evil, E.IT390; τὰ φ., opp. τὰ ἀγαθά, X.Smp.4.47; τύχη φ., opp. ἀγαθή, Arist.Ph. 197a26, cf. Metaph.1065a35; τὴν πόλιν μηθὲμ φ. παθεῖν OGI765.35 (Priene); κομίσασθαι . . εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε φ., of rewards and punishments, 2 Ep.Cor.5.10; φ. μαίωσις Sor.2.17, cf. 1.91, al.    II of persons, low in rank, mean, common, E.Fr.688; οἱ φαυλότατοι the commonest sort (of soldiers), Th.7.77; [γάμος] ὁ ἐκ τῶν φαυλοτέρων, opp. ἐκ μειζόνων, X.Hier.1.27, cf. Pl.R.475b; of outward looks, αἱ φαυλότεραι the plainer ones, Ar.Ec.617, cf. 626 (Comp., both anap.).    2 inefficient, bad, διδάσκαλος S.Fr.771.3; τὸ φ. καὶ τὸ μέσον καὶ τὸ πάνυ ἀκριβές the inefficient, the middling, and the perfect, Th.6.18; φ. αὐλητής, opp. ἀγαθός, Pl.Prt.327c; τοξότης Id.Tht.194a; οὐ δὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων Id.Cra. 390d; opp. σπουδαῖος, Isoc.1.1, Pl.Lg.757a, etc.; esp. in point of education and accomplishments, opp. σοφός, οἱ γὰρ ἐν σοφοῖς φαῦλοι παρ' ὄχλῳ μουσικώτεροι λέγειν E.Hipp.989, cf. Ph.496, Ion 834, Pl.Smp.174c, Alc.1.129a; τὸ πλῆθος τὸ -ότερον E.Ba.431 (lyr.); οἱ -ότεροι, opp. to οἱ ξυνετώτεροι, Th.3.37; οἱ φαυλότεροι γνώμην ib.83; τὰ γράμματα φαῦλοι Pl.Phdr.242c (so in Adv., φαυλοτέρως πεπαιδευμένοι Id.Lg.876d); generally, inferior, Id.Grg.483c: c. inf., φαῦλοι μάχεσθαι E.IT305; φ. λέγειν, φ. διαλεχθῆναι, Pl.Tht.181b, Prt. 336c: of animals, φ. κύων D.26.22; φαυλότατοι ἵπποι X.Mem.4.1.3.    3 careless, thoughtless, indifferent, E.Med.807:—esp. in Adv., φαύλως ἐκρίνατε judged lightly, A.Pers.520; φ. εὕδειν E.Rh. 769; οὐχ ὧδε φ. Id.Ion1546; φ. παραινεῖν off-hand, Id.HF89; λόγισαι φαύλως μὴ ψήφοις ἀλλ' ἀπὸ χειρός off-hand, roughly, Ar.V.656 (anap.); φ. εἰπεῖν casually, Pl.R.449c; φ. φέρειν to bear lightly, E. IA850, Ar.Av.961.    4 in good sense, simple, unaffected, φαῦλον, ἄκομψον, τὰ μέγιστ' ἀγαθόν E.Fr.473 (anap.), cf. D.L.3.63. Adv. -λως, παιδεύειν τινά by a very simple method, X.Oec.13.4; φ. καὶ βραχέως ἀποκρίνασθαι Pl.Tht.147c.    5 of health, etc., φαύλως ἔχειν to be ill, Hp.Aph.2.32; φ. πράττειν to be in sorry plight, Men. Sam.165; φ. ἔχει τὰ πράγματα D.10.3, al.