χῠδαῖος, ον,
(χέω) poured out in streams, abundant, [[ LXX.Exo.1.7 ] LXX]; στέφανοι, i.e. χύδην πεπλεγμένοι, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 15.686a ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. adverb -ως pell-mell, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.68. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II common, ordinary, φοίνικες [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.31, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 13.46; λίθος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.85f; ἔλαιον “Hippiatrica” 69. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II.b of persons, χ. πλῆθος [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.8; ὁ χ. 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.18; οἱ χ. 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.1.5, 1st-2nd c.AD: Philo Byblius Historicus 5, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 63 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; opposed to οἱ σοφοί, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.23, compare “Rh.” 2.157S., +others: _comparative_ οἱ χυδαιότεροι (misspelt χυδεώτεροι) Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 948. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, common, vulgar, coarse, λαλιά [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 14.7.8; χυδαῖα καὶ φαῦλα 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.95K. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]