φαυλότης

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.