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φαῦλος, η, ον,
also ος, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 435, “fragment” 1083.9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.21: (compare φλαῦρος)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— cheap, easy, slight, paltry, first found commonly in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, twicein 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26, 126 (_comparative_, elsewhereφλαῦρος), six times in 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus, “fragment” 87, +others, twice in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Frr.” 41,771: ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb φαύλως[[ once in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus: 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 520. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I of things, easy, slight, φ. ἀθλήσας πόνον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 317 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φαυλότατον ἔργον ''tis as easy as lying', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 213; φ. πρᾶγμα [prev. author] “Lys.” 14; τὸ ζήτημα οὐ φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 368c; φ. ἐρώτημα [prev. author] “Phlb.” 19a; φαῦλον αὐτοῖς προστάξομεν [prev. author] “R.” 423c: frequently with negative, οὐ φ., ἀλλὰ χαλεπὸν πιστεῦσαι [prev. work] 527d; μάχη οὐ φ. [prev. author] “Tht.” 179d; οὐ φ. τέχνη [prev. author] “Sph.” 223c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὔτοι βασιλέα φαῦλόν [ἐστι] κτανεῖν 'tis no slight matter to kill a king, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 760 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νυκτὸς γὰρ οὔτι φ. ἐμβαλεῖν στρατόν no easy matter, [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 285; οὐ φ. πληγαί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.13; φιλοῦσιν ἰατροὶ λέγειν τὰ φαῦλα μείζω 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 497 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; φαῦλα ἐπιφέρειν bring paltry charges, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ φ. νικήσας ἔχω have gained petty victories, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 41 (wrongly glossed by μέγα in 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc., 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, and “Etymologicum Magnum” 789.43, cf. Hsch)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σύμμαχον Τροίᾳ μολόντα Ῥῆσον οὐ φαύλῳ τρόπῳ, i. e. with no trivial force, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 599; παρὰ φαῦλον ποιεῖσθαί τι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 4.2, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 14.26. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -λως εὑρεῖν, τυχεῖν,[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 404 (troch.), 509 (_anapaest meter_); φ. πάνυ [prev. author] “Lys.” 566 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. ἐκφυγεῖν to get off easily, [[ [prev. author] “Ach.” 215 (Lyric poetry); φ. ἀποδράς [prev. author] “Th.” 711 (Lyric poetry); φαυλότατα καὶ ῥᾷστα [prev. author] “Nu.” 778 ] Refs]; οὔτι φαύλως ἦλθε with no trivial force, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 112; φ. βοηθήσειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.13; φαύλως καὶ γλίσχρως παρείχοντο χρήματα “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 14.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς ἐλπίδας φ. ἔχειν to be slight, [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.3.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__I.2 simple, ordinary, δίαιτα [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 36, “Art.” 49, Eur. “fragment” 213.4; σῖτα καὶ ποτὰ φαυλότατα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.2, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.68 (_comparative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but frequently with sense poor, indifferent, στρατιά [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδες, τείχισμα, παρασκευή, [[ [prev. author] 4.9.115, 6.31; ἱμάτιον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus [prev. cited] ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -λως, διατρίβειν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173c; μὴ φ. μηδὲ ἰδιωτικῶς [prev. author] “Lg.” 966e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 mean, bad, πρῆξις [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 177; λόγοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 870, ψόγος [prev. author] “Ph.” 94 (perhaps both in signification 1.1 and in 1.3); οὐ φ. ὄψις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 519a; φ. δόξα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.205; τὰ πράγματ᾽ ἐστὶ φ. [prev. author] 19.30; φαῦλα διαπεπραγμένος 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 229; ὁ φαῦλα πράττων NT.John.3.20; μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ φ. NT.Rom.9.11; τὸ φ. ] NT+5th c.BC+]evil, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 390 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ φ., opposed to τὰ ἀγαθά, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.47 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύχη φ., opposed to ἀγαθή, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 197a26, compare “Metaphorical” 1065a35; τὴν πόλιν μηθὲμ φ. παθεῖν “OGI” 765.35 (from Priene)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κομίσασθαι.. εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε φ., of rewards and punishments, [[ NT.2Cor.5.10; φ. μαίωσις 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.17, compare 1.91, +others ] NT+2nd c.AD+]
__II of persons, low in rank, mean, common, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 688 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ φαυλότατοι the commonest sort (of soldiers), [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [γάμος] ὁ ἐκ τῶν φαυλοτέρων, opposed to ἐκ μειζόνων, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.27, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 475b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of outward looks, αἱ φαυλότεραι the plainer ones, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 617, compare 626 (_comparative_, both _anapaest meter_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 inefficient, bad, διδάσκαλος [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 771.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ φ. καὶ τὸ μέσον καὶ τὸ πάνυ ἀκριβές the inefficient, the middling, and the perfect, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. αὐλητής, opposed to ἀγαθός, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327c; τοξότης [prev. author] “Tht.” 194a; οὐ δὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων [prev. author] “Cra.” 390d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to σπουδαῖος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 757a, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in point of education and accomplishments, opposed to σοφός, οἱ γὰρ ἐν σοφοῖς φαῦλοι παρ᾽ ὄχλῳ μουσικώτεροι λέγειν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 989, compare “Ph.” 496, “Ion” 834, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174c, Alcaeus1.129a; τὸ πλῆθος τὸ -ότερον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 431 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ -ότεροι, opposed to to οἱ ξυνετώτεροι, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ φαυλότεροι γνώμην[[ [prev. work] 83; τὰ γράμματα φαῦλοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242c ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (so in adverb, φαυλοτέρως πεπαιδευμένοι [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 876d)] Refs]; generally, inferior, [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 483c ] Refs]: with infinitive, φαῦλοι μάχεσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 305 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. λέγειν, φ. διαλεχθῆναι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 181b, “Prt.” 336c: of animals, φ. κύων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.22; φαυλότατοι ἵπποι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.1.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 careless, thoughtless, indifferent, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 807:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —especially in adverb, φαύλως ἐκρίνατε judged lightly, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 520; φ. εὕδειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 769; οὐχ ὧδε φ. [prev. author] “Ion” 1546 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. παραινεῖν off-hand, [[ [prev. author] “HF” 89 ] Refs]; λόγισαι φαύλως μὴ ψήφοις ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ χειρός off-hand, roughly, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 656 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (anapaest meter); φ. εἰπεῖν casually, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 449c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. φέρειν to bear lightly, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 850, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 961. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 in good sense, simple, unaffected, φαῦλον, ἄκομψον, τὰ μέγιστ᾽ ἀγαθόν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 473 (_anapaest meter_), compare 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 3.63 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -λως, παιδεύειν τινά by a very simple method, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 13.4; φ. καὶ βραχέως ἀποκρίνασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 of health, etc., φαύλως ἔχειν to be ill, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. πράττειν to be in sorry plight, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 165; φ. ἔχει τὰ πράγματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.3, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
