φαιός

English (LSJ)

ά, όν,

   A grey, of any colour mixed of black and white, Pl.Ti. 68c, cf. Arist.Cat.12a18, Top.106b6, al.: opp. to both μέλας and λευκός, in a negative sense, Pl.R.585a; φ. ἄρτοι, opp. to λευκοί, Alex.120; τὸ ξανθὸν ἢ φ. Jul.Or.4.138d; of mourning, φ. ἱμάτια Plb.30.4.5; ἀποθέσθαι τὰ φ. Id.15.25.11; φ. ἐσθής SIG1219.5 (Gambreion, iii B.C.)), D.H.5.17, D.C.49.12, al.; ἰώδης καὶ φ. χολή (καλοῦσι δ' αὐτὴν ἰσατώδη) Gal.15.35; dark-complexioned, P.Strassb.79.2 (i B.C.).    2 of sound, harsh, Arist.Top.106b7, Aud.802a2, Poll.2.117, S.E.M.6.41.    II φαιά, ἡ, name of a plaster, Androm. ap. Gal.13.906, etc. (Cf. Lith. gaĩsas 'reflected light of a blazing fire'.)