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|Definition=ητος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[meanness]], [[poorness]], [[badness]], of persons and things, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>646b</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.146</span> (pl.); τῆς στολῆς <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.5</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν βρωμάτων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">5.2.16</span>; <b class="b3">φ. χώρας</b>, opp. [[ἀρετή]], [[poorness]] of soil, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 745d</span>; opp. [[ἐπιείκεια]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1175b25</span>; <b class="b3">φ. μοναρχίας ἡ τυραννίς</b> ib. <span class="bibl">1160b10</span>: in pl., [[states of bad health]], Dsc.2.49. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[want of accomplishments]] or [[skill]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>77</span> (v.l. for [[φλαυρότης]]), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>641</span>; στρατηγῶνφ. <span class="bibl">D.18.303</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐμὴ φ</b>. my [[lack of judgement]], my [[poor judgement]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.39</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>286d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> in good sense, [[plainness]], [[simplicity of life]], ἡ ἀμφὶ τὸ σῶμα φ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>11.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>4.1.30</span>.</span>