φλαῦρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[φαῦλος]] (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>128.57</span>), first in <span class="bibl">Sol.13.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.87</span>, prevailing in Ion. Prose, and freq. in Att. (v. infr. <span class="bibl">1.2</span> and <span class="bibl">111</span>): </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> mostly of things, [[petty]], [[paltry]], [[trivial]], Sol., Pi. ll. cc.; <b class="b3">ἀποσκήψαντος τοῦ ἐνυπνίου ἐς φλαῦρον</b> having come to [[a trivial ending]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.120</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[indifferent]], [[bad]], χώρην τῆς νῦν ἐκτήμεθα οὐκ ἐλάσσονα οὐδὲ φλαυροτέρην <span class="bibl">Id.7.8</span>.ά; φ. σημεῖον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>6.52</span>; εἴ τι φ. εἶδες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>217</span> (troch.); opp. [[ἀγαθός]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>92c</span>; opp. [[καλός]], <span class="bibl">Democr. 63</span>; φλαῦρ' ἔπη μυθούμενος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1162</span>; <b class="b3">κλύειν φλαῦρα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1323</span>; <b class="b3">φλαῦρον ἐργάσασθαί τινα</b> to do one [[a mischief]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1157</span>; <b class="b3">φλαῦρον εἰπεῖν τινας</b> speak [[disparagingly]] of them, ib.<span class="bibl">834</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Lys.</span>1045</span> (lyr.); περί τινος <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.30</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.76</span>; τῆς δόξης ταύτης φ. τι καταγιγνώσκειν <span class="bibl">Id.15.297</span>; φ. τι ἀπολαῦσαί <span class="bibl">Id.8.81</span>; <b class="b3">γέροντα δ' ὀρθοῦν φλαῦρὸν ὃς νέος πέσῃ</b> it is a [[poor]] thing, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>395</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> less freq. of persons, <b class="b3">οὐ φλαυροτάτους . . τιμωρούς</b> not [[the least distinguished]]... <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.171</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ -ότατον</b> the [[least serviceable part]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.207</span>; <b class="b3">οἰκίης οὐ -οτέρης</b> not [[meaner]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.99</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[shabby]], [[plain]], of personal appearance, τὸ εἶδος φ. <span class="bibl">Id.6.61</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[bad]], opp. [[χρηστός]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1103</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv., <b class="b3">-ρως ἔχειν</b> to be [[ill]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.26</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.129</span>, <span class="bibl">6.135</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>228b</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἔχειν τινός</b> to be [[ill off]] for a thing, <span class="bibl">Th.1.126</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἔχειν τὴν τέχνην</b> have a [[slight]] knowledge of . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.130</span>; <b class="b3">φ. πρῆξαι τῷ στόλῳ</b> to fare [[badly]] with . . <span class="bibl">Id.6.94</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἀκούειν</b> to be [[ill]] spoken of, <span class="bibl">Id.7.10</span>.ή; φ. λέγειν ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>8.17</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἰέναι</b>, of the [[καταμήνια]], Hp.<span class="title">Steril.</span>241.</span>