φαῦλος: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=![[φαῦλος]], η, ον like [[φλαῦρος]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> of things, [[easy]], [[slight]], Eur., Ar., etc.: adv., [[φαύλως]] κρίνειν to [[estimate]] [[lightly]], Aesch.; φ. ἀποδιδράσκειν to get off [[easily]], Ar.; Sup., φαυλότατα καὶ [[ῥᾷστα]] Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[trivial]], [[paltry]], [[petty]], [[sorry]], [[poor]], Thuc., etc.; φαῦλα ἐπιφέρειν to [[bring]] [[paltry]] charges, Hdt.: adv., [[οὔτι]] [[φαύλως]] with no [[trivial]] [[force]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of persons, low in [[rank]], [[mean]], [[common]], οἱ φαυλότατοι the commonest [[sort]] (of soldiers), Thuc., etc.: also in [[point]] of [[education]] opp. to [[σοφός]], Eur., etc.; c. inf., [[φαῦλος]] μάχεσθαι Eur.; φ. λέγειν Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[careless]], [[thoughtless]], [[indifferent]], Lat. [[securus]], Eur.;—adv., [[φαύλως]] εὕδειν Eur.; φ. λογίσασθαι to [[estimate]] off-[[hand]], roughly, Ar.; φ. [[εἰπεῖν]], Lat. [[strictim]] dicere, [[carelessly]], roughly, Plat.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> in [[good]] [[sense]], [[simple]], [[unaffected]], Plat.: adv., [[φαύλως]] παιδεύειν τινα Xen.