συρφετ-ός,ὁ,
A. anything draggedorswept together, sweepings, refuse, litter,χόρτος καὶ ς. Hes. Op. 606 , cf. Call. Ap. 109 , Plu. 2.97f ;συρφετὸν ἡγεῖσθαί τιib. 811e ; ς. ῥημάτων
Jul. Or. 7.218c
; cf. σύρμα
1.2
.
2. metaph.,mixed crowd, mob, rabble, ς. δούλων
Pl. Grg. 489c
;τῷ πολλῷ ς. to the many-headedmob, Id. Tht. 152c ;ἐλθεῖν εἰς τοιοῦτον ς. Euphro 10.6 , cf. Jul. Or. 5.173a .
b. of a single person,one of the mob,οὐ κομψός, ἀλλὰ ς. Pl. Hp.Ma. 288d :—hence asAdj.,oforlike the mob, vulgar, Simp. in Epict. p.86
D. , Sch. Hermog. in Rh. 4.40 W.