φλαῦρος

A. = φαῦλος (EM 128.57), first in Sol. 13.15, Pi. P. 1.87, prevailing in Ion. Prose, and freq. in Att. (v. infr. 1.2 and 111):

I. mostly of things, petty, paltry, trivial, Sol., Pi. ll. cc.; ἀποσκήψαντος τοῦ ἐνυπνίου ἐς φλαῦρον having come to a trivial ending, Hdt. 1.120.

2. indifferent, bad, χώρην τῆς νῦν ἐκτήμεθα οὐκ ἐλάσσονα οὐδὲ φλαυροτέρην Id. 7.8.ά; φ. σημεῖον Hp. Aph. 6.52; εἴ τι φ. εἶδες A. Pers. 217 (troch.); opp. ἀγαθός, Pl. Men. 92c; opp. καλός, Democr. 63; φλαῦρ’ ἔπη μυθούμενος S. Aj. 1162; κλύειν φλαῦρα ib.1323; φλαῦρον ἐργάσασθαί τινα to do one a mischief, Ar. Nu. 1157; φλαῦρον εἰπεῖν τινας speak disparagingly of them, ib.834, cf. Lys. 1045 (lyr.); περί τινος Antipho 5.30, Isoc. 5.76; τῆς δόξης ταύτης φ. τι καταγιγνώσκειν Id. 15.297; φ. τι ἀπολαῦσαί Id. 8.81; γέροντα δ’ ὀρθοῦν φλαῦρὸν ὃς νέος πέσῃ it is a poor thing, S. OC 395.

II. less freq. of persons, οὐ φλαυροτάτους . . τιμωρούς not the least distinguished . . , Hdt. 7.171; τῆς στρατιῆς τὸ ‐ότατον the least serviceable part, Id. 1.207; οἰκίης οὐ ‐οτέρης not meaner, Id. 1.99.

2. shabby, plain, of personal appearance, τὸ εἶδος φ. Id. 6.61.

3. bad, opp. χρηστός, E. Med. 1103 (anap.).

III. Adv., ‐ρως ἔχειν to be ill, Hp. Mul. 1.26, Hdt. 3.129, 6.135, Pl. Sph. 228b; φ. ἔχειν τινός to be ill off for a thing, Th. 1.126; φ. ἔχειν τὴν τέχνην have a slight knowledge of . . Hdt. 3.130; φ. πρῆξαι τῷ στόλῳ to fare badly with . . Id. 6.94; φ. ἀκούειν to be ill spoken of, Id. 7.10.ή; φ. λέγειν ὑπέρ τινος Ael. VH 8.17; φ. ἰέναι, of the καταμήνια, Hp. Steril. 241.