φαιός

A. grey, of any colour mixed of black and white, Pl. Ti. 68c, cf. Arist. Cat. 12a18, Top. 106b6, al.: opp. to both μέλας and λευκός, in a negative sense, Pl. R. 585a; φ. ἄρτοι, opp. to λευκοί, Alex. 120; τὸ ξανθὸν ἢ φ. Jul. Or. 4.138d; of mourning, φ. ἱμάτια Plb. 30.4.5; ἀποθέσθαι τὰ φ. Id. 15.25.11; φ. ἐσθής SIG 1219.5 (Gambreion, iii B.C.)), D.H. 5.17, D.C. 49.12, al.; ἰώδης καὶ φ. χολή(καλοῦσι δ’ αὐτὴν ἰσατώδη) Gal. 15.35; dark-complexioned, P.Strassb. 79.2 (i B.C.).

2. of sound, harsh, Arist. Top. 106b7, Aud. 802a2, Poll. 2.117, S.E. M. 6.41.

II. φαιά,ἡ, name of a plaster, Androm. ap. Gal. 13.906, etc. (Cf. Lith. gaĩsas 'reflected light of a blazing fire'.)