φαιός, ά, όν,
grey, of any colour mixed of black and white, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 68c, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 12a18, “Top.” 106b6, +others: opposed to to both μέλας and λευκός,] Refs 5th c.BC+] in a negative sense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 585a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φ. ἄρτοι, opposed to to λευκοί, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 120; τὸ ξανθὸν ἢ φ. 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.138d ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of mourning, φ. ἱμάτια [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 30.4.5; ἀποθέσθαι τὰ φ. [prev. author] 15.25.11; φ. ἐσθής “SIG” 1219.5 (Gambreion, 3rd c.BC)), 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.17, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 49.12, +others] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἰώδης καὶ φ. χολή (καλοῦσι δ᾽ αὐτὴν ἰσατώδη) [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.35] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; dark-complexioned, P.Strassb.79.2 [[(1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2 of sound, harsh, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 106b7, “Aud.” 802a2, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.117, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 6.41. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II φαιά, ἡ, name of a plaster, [[ 1st c.AD: Andromachus Poeta Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.906, etc.] Refs 1st c.AD+] (Cf. Lithuanian gaĩsas 'reflected light of a blazing fire'.)