A.cheap, easy, slight, paltry, first found commonly in E., twicein Hdt.1.26, 126（Comp., elsewh.φλαῦρος), six times in Democr., Fr.87, al., twice in S., Frr.41,771: Adv. φαύλως once in A.: A. Pers. 520.
I. of things, easy, slight, “φ. ἀθλήσας πόνον” E.Supp.317; φαυλότατον ἔργον ''tis as easy as lying', Ar.Eq.213; “φ. πρᾶγμα” Id.Lys.14; “τὸ ζήτημα οὐ φ.” Pl.R.368c; “φ. ἐρώτημα” Id.Phlb.19a; “φαῦλον αὐτοῖς προστάξομεν” Id.R.423c: freq. with negat., οὐ φ., ἀλλὰ χαλεπὸν πιστεῦσαι ib.527d; “μάχη οὐ φ.” Id.Tht.179d; “οὐ φ. τέχνη” Id.Sph.223c; οὔτοι βασιλέα φαῦλόν [ἐστι] κτανεῖν 'tis no slight matter to kill a king, E.El.760; νυκτὸς γὰρ οὔτι φ. ἐμβαλεῖν στρατόν no easy matter, Id.Rh.285; “οὐ φ. πληγαί” D.54.13; “φιλοῦσιν ἰατροὶ λέγειν τὰ φαῦλα μείζω” Men.497; φαῦλα ἐπιφέρειν bring paltry charges, Hdt.1.26; τὰ φ. νικήσας ἔχω have gained petty victories, S.Fr.41 (wrongly glossed by μέγα in Phot., Suid., and EM789.43, cf. Hsch); σύμμαχον Τροίᾳ μολόντα Ῥῆσον οὐ φαύλῳ τρόπῳ, i. e. with no trivial force, E.Rh. 599; “παρὰ φαῦλον ποιεῖσθαί τι” D.H.Rh.4.2, cf. Lib.Or.14.26. Adv. -λως εὑρεῖν, τυχεῖν, Ar.Eq.404 (troch.), 509 (anap.); “φ. πάνυ” Id.Lys. 566 (anap.); φ. ἐκφυγεῖν to get off easily, Id.Ach.215 (lyr.); “φ. ἀποδράς” Id.Th.711 (lyr.); “φαυλότατα καὶ ῥᾷστα” Id.Nu.778; οὔτι φαύλως ἦλθε with no trivial force, E.Ph.112; “φ. βοηθήσειν” D.15.13; “φαύλως καὶ γλίσχρως παρείχοντο χρήματα” Hell.Oxy.14.2; τὰς ἐλπίδας φ. ἔχειν to be slight, Hdn.1.3.1.
2. simple, ordinary, “δίαιτα” Hp.Fract.36, Art.49, Eur.Fr.213.4; “σῖτα καὶ ποτὰ φαυλότατα” X.Mem.1.6.2, cf. Hp. Vict.3.68 (Comp.); but freq. with sense poor, indifferent, “στρατιά” Th.6.21; ἀσπίδες, τείχισμα, παρασκευή, Id.4.9.115, 6.31; “ἱμάτιον” X. l. c. Adv. “-λως, διατρίβειν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ” Pl.Tht.173c; “μὴ φ. μηδὲ ἰδιωτικῶς” Id.Lg.966e.
3. mean, bad, “πρῆξις” Democr.177; “λόγοι” E. Andr.870, “ψόγος” Id.Ph.94 (perh. both in signf. 1.1 and in 1.3); “οὐ φ. ὄψις” Pl.R.519a; “φ. δόξα” D.24.205; “τὰ πράγματ᾽ ἐστὶ φ.” Id.19.30; “φαῦλα διαπεπραγμένος” Philem.229; “ὁ φαῦλα πράττων” Ev.Jo.3.20; “μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ φ.” Ep.Rom.9.11; “τὸ φ.” evil, E.IT390; τὰ φ., opp. τὰ ἀγαθά, X.Smp.4.47; τύχη φ., opp. ἀγαθή, Arist.Ph. 197a26, cf. Metaph.1065a35; “τὴν πόλιν μηθὲμ φ. παθεῖν” OGI765.35 (Priene); κομίσασθαι . . εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε φ., of rewards and punishments, 2 Ep.Cor.5.10; “φ. μαίωσις” Sor.2.17, cf. 1.91, al.
II. of persons, low in rank, mean, common, E.Fr.688; οἱ φαυλότατοι the commonest sort (of soldiers), Th.7.77; [γάμος] ὁ ἐκ τῶν φαυλοτέρων, opp. ἐκ μειζόνων, X.Hier.1.27, cf. Pl.R.475b; of outward looks, “αἱ φαυλότεραι” the plainer ones, Ar.Ec.617, cf. 626 (Comp., both anap.).
2. inefficient, bad, “διδάσκαλος” S.Fr.771.3; τὸ φ. καὶ τὸ μέσον καὶ τὸ πάνυ ἀκριβές the inefficient, the middling, and the perfect, Th.6.18; φ. αὐλητής, opp. ἀγαθός, Pl.Prt.327c; “τοξότης” Id.Tht.194a; “οὐ δὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων” Id.Cra. 390d; opp. σπουδαῖος, Isoc.1.1, Pl.Lg.757a, etc.; esp. in point of education and accomplishments, opp. “σοφός, οἱ γὰρ ἐν σοφοῖς φαῦλοι παρ᾽ ὄχλῳ μουσικώτεροι λέγειν” E.Hipp.989, cf. Ph.496, Ion 834, Pl.Smp.174c, Alc.1.129a; “τὸ πλῆθος τὸ -ότερον” E.Ba.431 (lyr.); οἱ -ότεροι, opp. to οἱ ξυνετώτεροι, Th.3.37; οἱ φαυλότεροι γνώμην ib.83; “τὰ γράμματα φαῦλοι” Pl.Phdr.242c (so in Adv., “φαυλοτέρως πεπαιδευμένοι” Id.Lg.876d); generally, inferior, Id.Grg.483c: c. inf., “φαῦλοι μάχεσθαι” E.IT305; φ. λέγειν, φ. διαλεχθῆναι, Pl.Tht.181b, Prt. 336c: of animals, “φ. κύων” D.26.22; “φαυλότατοι ἵπποι” X.Mem.4.1.3.
3. careless, thoughtless, indifferent, E.Med.807:—esp. in Adv., φαύλως ἐκρίνατε judged lightly, A.Pers.520; “φ. εὕδειν” E.Rh. 769; “οὐχ ὧδε φ.” Id.Ion1546; “φ. παραινεῖν” off-hand, Id.HF89; “λόγισαι φαύλως μὴ ψήφοις ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ χειρός” off-hand, roughly, Ar.V.656 (anap.); “φ. εἰπεῖν” casually, Pl.R.449c; φ. φέρειν to bear lightly, E. IA850, Ar.Av.961.
4. in good sense, simple, unaffected, “φαῦλον, ἄκομψον, τὰ μέγιστ᾽ ἀγαθόν” E.Fr.473 (anap.), cf. D.L.3.63. Adv. “-λως, παιδεύειν τινά” by a very simple method, X.Oec.13.4; “φ. καὶ βραχέως ἀποκρίνασθαι” Pl.Tht.147c.
