φαυλεπίφαυλος
Ὦ τύμβος, ὦ νυμφεῖον, ὦ κατασκαφὴς οἴκησις αἰείφρουρος, οἷ πορεύομαι πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς, ὧν ἀριθμὸν ἐν νεκροῖς πλεῖστον δέδεκται Φερσέφασσ' ὀλωλότων. → Tomb, bridal chamber, eternal prison in the caverned rock, whither I go to find mine own, those many who have perished, and whom Persephone hath received among the dead. | Tomb, bridal-chamber, deep-dug eternal prison where I go to find my own, whom in the greatest numbers destruction has seized and Persephone has welcomed among the dead.
English (LSJ)
φαυλεπίφαυλον, absolutely the worst, bad upon bad, bad as bad can be, AP11.238 (Sup., Demod.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1259] schlecht über schlecht, d. i. sehr, ganz schlecht, im superl. Demodoc. 3 (XI, 238).
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
cent fois vil.
Étymologie: φαῦλος, ἐπί, φαῦλος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φαυλεπίφαυλος: -ον, εἰς ἄκρον φαῦλος, ἔχων ἐν ἑαυτῷ πᾶσαν φαυλότητα, ἀχρειότατος, Ἀνθ. Π. 11. 238· ― πρβλ. λεπτεπίλεπτος, παππεπίπαππος.
Greek Monolingual
-η, -ο / φαυλεπίφαυλος, -η, -ον, ΝΜΑ
ο υπερβολικά φαύλος, αχρειότατος, πανάθλιος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < φαῦλος + ἐπί + φαῦλος.
Greek Monotonic
φαυλεπίφαυλος: -ον, πάρα πολύ κακός, όσο κακός γίνεται, σε Ανθ.
Middle Liddell
φαυλ-επί-φαυλος, ον,
bad upon bad, bad as bad can be, Anth.
