φλαῦρος: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=α, ον, <span class="sense"><p>&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, <b class="b2">petty, paltry, trivial</b>, Sol., Pi. ll. cc.; <b class="b3">ἀποσκήψαντος τοῦ ἐνυπνίου ἐς φλαῦρον</b> having come to <b class="b2">a trivial ending</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.120</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">indifferent, bad</b>, 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. <b class="b3">ἀγαθός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>92c</span>; opp. <b class="b3">καλός</b>, <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 <b class="b2">a mischief</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1157</span>; <b class="b3">φλαῦρον εἰπεῖν τινας</b> speak <b class="b2">disparagingly</b> 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 <b class="b2">poor</b> 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 <b class="b2">the least distinguished</b>... <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.171</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ -ότατον</b> the <b class="b2">least serviceable part</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.207</span>; <b class="b3">οἰκίης οὐ -οτέρης</b> not <b class="b2">meaner</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.1.99</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">shabby, plain</b>, 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> <b class="b2">bad</b>, opp. <b class="b3">χρηστός</b>, <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 <b class="b2">ill</b>, <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 <b class="b2">ill off</b> for a thing, <span class="bibl">Th.1.126</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἔχειν τὴν τέχνην</b> have a <b class="b2">slight</b> knowledge of . . <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.130</span>; <b class="b3">φ. πρῆξαι τῷ στόλῳ</b> to fare <b class="b2">badly</b> with . . <span class="bibl">Id.6.94</span>; <b class="b3">φ. ἀκούειν</b> to be <b class="b2">ill</b> 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 <b class="b3">καταμήνια</b>, Hp.<span class="title">Steril.</span>241.</span>

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