Strong G5337φαῦλος
evil
- Transliteration
- phaulos
- Pronunciation
- fow'-los
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Apparently a primary word; foul or flawy that is (figuratively) wicked: - evil.
Detailed definition
φαῦλος, -η, -ον
[in LXX: Pro.22:8 (עֶוֶל) Pro.29:9 (אֱוִיל), etc.;]
slight, worthless, of no account, both of persons and things in various shades of meaning (see LS, see word), in NT, as frequently in cl., always with distinct moral reference (see Ellic., Past. Epp., 203; Hort, Ja., 85; Tr., Syn., LXXxiv), worthless, bad: Jhn.3:20, Tit.2:8, Jas.3:16; opposite to ἀγαθός (which see), Jhn.5:29, Rom.9:11, 2Co.5:10.†
SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος (AS)
[in LXX: Pro.22:8 (עֶוֶל) Pro.29:9 (אֱוִיל), etc.;]
slight, worthless, of no account, both of persons and things in various shades of meaning (see LS, see word), in NT, as frequently in cl., always with distinct moral reference (see Ellic., Past. Epp., 203; Hort, Ja., 85; Tr., Syn., LXXxiv), worthless, bad: Jhn.3:20, Tit.2:8, Jas.3:16; opposite to ἀγαθός (which see), Jhn.5:29, Rom.9:11, 2Co.5:10.†
SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5337 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- evil3
- thing1
First verses
- John 3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- John 5:29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
- Titus 2:8Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
- James 3:16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
φαῦλος, η, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 435, “fragment” 1083.9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.21: (compare φλαῦρος))]:— cheap, easy, slight, paltry, first found commonly in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, twicein 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26, 126 (_comparative_, elsewhereφλαῦρος), six times in 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus, “fragment” 87, +others, twice in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Frr.” 41,771:)] adverb φαύλως[Refs 4th c.BC+ (once in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus: 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 520.)]
I of things, easy, slight, φ. ἀθλήσας πόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 317)]; φαυλότατον ἔργον ''tis as easy as lying', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 213; φ. πρᾶγμα [prev. author] “Lys.” 14; τὸ ζήτημα οὐ φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 368c; φ. ἐρώτημα [prev. author] “Phlb.” 19a; φαῦλον αὐτοῖς προστάξομεν [prev. author] “R.” 423c: frequently with negative, οὐ φ., ἀλλὰ χαλεπὸν πιστεῦσαι [prev. work] 527d; μάχη οὐ φ. [prev. author] “Tht.” 179d; οὐ φ. τέχνη [prev. author] “Sph.” 223c)]; οὔτοι βασιλέα φαῦλόν [ἐστι] κτανεῖν 'tis no slight matter to kill a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 760)]; νυκτὸς γὰρ οὔτι φ. ἐμβαλεῖν στρατόν no easy matter, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 285; οὐ φ. πληγαί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.13; φιλοῦσιν ἰατροὶ λέγειν τὰ φαῦλα μείζω 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 497)]; φαῦλα ἐπιφέρειν bring paltry charges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26)]; τὰ φ. νικήσας ἔχω have gained petty victories, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 41 (wrongly glossed by μέγα in 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc., 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, and “Etymologicum Magnum” 789.43, cf. Hsch))]; σύμμαχον Τροίᾳ μολόντα Ῥῆσον οὐ φαύλῳ τρόπῳ, i. e. with no trivial force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 599; παρὰ φαῦλον ποιεῖσθαί τι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 4.2, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 14.26.)] adverb -λως εὑρεῖν, τυχεῖν,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 404 (troch.), 509 (_anapaest meter_); φ. πάνυ [prev. author] “Lys.” 566 (_anapaest meter_))]; φ. ἐκφυγεῖν to get off easily, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ach.” 215 (Lyric poetry); φ. ἀποδράς [prev. author] “Th.” 711 (Lyric poetry); φαυλότατα καὶ ῥᾷστα [prev. author] “Nu.” 778)]; οὔτι φαύλως ἦλθε with no trivial force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 112; φ. βοηθήσειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.13; φαύλως καὶ γλίσχρως παρείχοντο χρήματα “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 14.2)]; τὰς ἐλπίδας φ. ἔχειν to be slight, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.3.1.)]
I.2 simple, ordinary, δίαιτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 36, “Art.” 49, Eur. “fragment” 213.4; σῖτα καὶ ποτὰ φαυλότατα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.2, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.68 (_comparative_))]; but frequently with sense poor, indifferent, στρατιά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.21)]; ἀσπίδες, τείχισμα, παρασκευή, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.9.115, 6.31; ἱμάτιον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus [prev. cited])] adverb -λως, διατρίβειν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173c; μὴ φ. μηδὲ ἰδιωτικῶς [prev. author] “Lg.” 966e.)]
I.3 mean, bad, πρῆξις [NT+5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 177; λόγοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 870, ψόγος [prev. author] “Ph.” 94 (perhaps both in signification 1.1 and in 1.3); οὐ φ. ὄψις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 519a; φ. δόξα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.205; τὰ πράγματ᾽ ἐστὶ φ. [prev. author] 19.30; φαῦλα διαπεπραγμένος 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 229; ὁ φαῦλα πράττων NT.John.3.20; μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ φ. NT.Rom.9.11; τὸ φ.)]evil, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 390)]; τὰ φ., opposed to τὰ ἀγαθά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.47)]; τύχη φ., opposed to ἀγαθή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 197a26, compare “Metaphorical” 1065a35; τὴν πόλιν μηθὲμ φ. παθεῖν “OGI” 765.35 (from Priene))]; κομίσασθαι.. εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε φ., of rewards and punishments, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.2Cor.5.10; φ. μαίωσις 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.17, compare 1.91, +others)]
II of persons, low in rank, mean, common, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 688)]; οἱ φαυλότατοι the commonest sort (of soldiers), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77)]; [γάμος] ὁ ἐκ τῶν φαυλοτέρων, opposed to ἐκ μειζόνων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.27, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 475b)]; of outward looks, αἱ φαυλότεραι the plainer ones, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 617, compare 626 (_comparative_, both _anapaest meter_).)]
II.2 inefficient, bad, διδάσκαλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 771.3)]; τὸ φ. καὶ τὸ μέσον καὶ τὸ πάνυ ἀκριβές the inefficient, the middling, and the perfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18)]; φ. αὐλητής, opposed to ἀγαθός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327c; τοξότης [prev. author] “Tht.” 194a; οὐ δὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων [prev. author] “Cra.” 390d)]; opposed to σπουδαῖος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 757a, etc.)]; especially in point of education and accomplishments, opposed to σοφός, οἱ γὰρ ἐν σοφοῖς φαῦλοι παρ᾽ ὄχλῳ μουσικώτεροι λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 989, compare “Ph.” 496, “Ion” 834, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174c, Alcaeus1.129a; τὸ πλῆθος τὸ -ότερον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 431 (Lyric poetry))]; οἱ -ότεροι, opposed to to οἱ ξυνετώτεροι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.37)]; οἱ φαυλότεροι γνώμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 83; τὰ γράμματα φαῦλοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242c)] (so in adverb, φαυλοτέρως πεπαιδευμένοι [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 876d))]; generally, inferior, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 483c)]: with infinitive, φαῦλοι μάχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 305)]; φ. λέγειν, φ. διαλεχθῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 181b, “Prt.” 336c: of animals, φ. κύων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.22; φαυλότατοι ἵπποι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.1.3.)]
II.3 careless, thoughtless, indifferent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 807:)] —especially in adverb, φαύλως ἐκρίνατε judged lightly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 520; φ. εὕδειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 769; οὐχ ὧδε φ. [prev. author] “Ion” 1546)]; φ. παραινεῖν off-hand, [Refs ([prev. author] “HF” 89)]; λόγισαι φαύλως μὴ ψήφοις ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ χειρός off-hand, roughly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 656)] (anapaest meter); φ. εἰπεῖν casually, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 449c)]; φ. φέρειν to bear lightly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 850, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 961.)]
II.4 in good sense, simple, unaffected, φαῦλον, ἄκομψον, τὰ μέγιστ᾽ ἀγαθόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 473 (_anapaest meter_), compare 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 3.63)]. adverb -λως, παιδεύειν τινά by a very simple method, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 13.4; φ. καὶ βραχέως ἀποκρίνασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147c.)]
II.5 of health, etc., φαύλως ἔχειν to be ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.32)]; φ. πράττειν to be in sorry plight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 165; φ. ἔχει τὰ πράγματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.3, +others)]
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 435, “fragment” 1083.9, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.21: (compare φλαῦρος))]:— cheap, easy, slight, paltry, first found commonly in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, twicein 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26, 126 (_comparative_, elsewhereφλαῦρος), six times in 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus, “fragment” 87, +others, twice in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Frr.” 41,771:)] adverb φαύλως[Refs 4th c.BC+ (once in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus: 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 520.)]
I of things, easy, slight, φ. ἀθλήσας πόνον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 317)]; φαυλότατον ἔργον ''tis as easy as lying', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 213; φ. πρᾶγμα [prev. author] “Lys.” 14; τὸ ζήτημα οὐ φ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 368c; φ. ἐρώτημα [prev. author] “Phlb.” 19a; φαῦλον αὐτοῖς προστάξομεν [prev. author] “R.” 423c: frequently with negative, οὐ φ., ἀλλὰ χαλεπὸν πιστεῦσαι [prev. work] 527d; μάχη οὐ φ. [prev. author] “Tht.” 179d; οὐ φ. τέχνη [prev. author] “Sph.” 223c)]; οὔτοι βασιλέα φαῦλόν [ἐστι] κτανεῖν 'tis no slight matter to kill a king, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 760)]; νυκτὸς γὰρ οὔτι φ. ἐμβαλεῖν στρατόν no easy matter, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Rh.” 285; οὐ φ. πληγαί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.13; φιλοῦσιν ἰατροὶ λέγειν τὰ φαῦλα μείζω 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 497)]; φαῦλα ἐπιφέρειν bring paltry charges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.26)]; τὰ φ. νικήσας ἔχω have gained petty victories, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 41 (wrongly glossed by μέγα in 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc., 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus, and “Etymologicum Magnum” 789.43, cf. Hsch))]; σύμμαχον Τροίᾳ μολόντα Ῥῆσον οὐ φαύλῳ τρόπῳ, i. e. with no trivial force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 599; παρὰ φαῦλον ποιεῖσθαί τι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 4.2, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 14.26.)] adverb -λως εὑρεῖν, τυχεῖν,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 404 (troch.), 509 (_anapaest meter_); φ. πάνυ [prev. author] “Lys.” 566 (_anapaest meter_))]; φ. ἐκφυγεῖν to get off easily, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ach.” 215 (Lyric poetry); φ. ἀποδράς [prev. author] “Th.” 711 (Lyric poetry); φαυλότατα καὶ ῥᾷστα [prev. author] “Nu.” 778)]; οὔτι φαύλως ἦλθε with no trivial force, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 112; φ. βοηθήσειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.13; φαύλως καὶ γλίσχρως παρείχοντο χρήματα “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 14.2)]; τὰς ἐλπίδας φ. ἔχειν to be slight, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.3.1.)]
I.2 simple, ordinary, δίαιτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 36, “Art.” 49, Eur. “fragment” 213.4; σῖτα καὶ ποτὰ φαυλότατα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.2, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 3.68 (_comparative_))]; but frequently with sense poor, indifferent, στρατιά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.21)]; ἀσπίδες, τείχισμα, παρασκευή, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.9.115, 6.31; ἱμάτιον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus [prev. cited])] adverb -λως, διατρίβειν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173c; μὴ φ. μηδὲ ἰδιωτικῶς [prev. author] “Lg.” 966e.)]
I.3 mean, bad, πρῆξις [NT+5th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 177; λόγοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 870, ψόγος [prev. author] “Ph.” 94 (perhaps both in signification 1.1 and in 1.3); οὐ φ. ὄψις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 519a; φ. δόξα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.205; τὰ πράγματ᾽ ἐστὶ φ. [prev. author] 19.30; φαῦλα διαπεπραγμένος 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 229; ὁ φαῦλα πράττων NT.John.3.20; μηδὲ πραξάντων τι ἀγαθὸν ἢ φ. NT.Rom.9.11; τὸ φ.)]evil, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 390)]; τὰ φ., opposed to τὰ ἀγαθά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.47)]; τύχη φ., opposed to ἀγαθή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 197a26, compare “Metaphorical” 1065a35; τὴν πόλιν μηθὲμ φ. παθεῖν “OGI” 765.35 (from Priene))]; κομίσασθαι.. εἴτε ἀγαθὸν εἴτε φ., of rewards and punishments, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.2Cor.5.10; φ. μαίωσις 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.17, compare 1.91, +others)]
II of persons, low in rank, mean, common, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 688)]; οἱ φαυλότατοι the commonest sort (of soldiers), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.77)]; [γάμος] ὁ ἐκ τῶν φαυλοτέρων, opposed to ἐκ μειζόνων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.27, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 475b)]; of outward looks, αἱ φαυλότεραι the plainer ones, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 617, compare 626 (_comparative_, both _anapaest meter_).)]
II.2 inefficient, bad, διδάσκαλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 771.3)]; τὸ φ. καὶ τὸ μέσον καὶ τὸ πάνυ ἀκριβές the inefficient, the middling, and the perfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18)]; φ. αὐλητής, opposed to ἀγαθός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327c; τοξότης [prev. author] “Tht.” 194a; οὐ δὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐπιτυχόντων [prev. author] “Cra.” 390d)]; opposed to σπουδαῖος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 757a, etc.)]; especially in point of education and accomplishments, opposed to σοφός, οἱ γὰρ ἐν σοφοῖς φαῦλοι παρ᾽ ὄχλῳ μουσικώτεροι λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 989, compare “Ph.” 496, “Ion” 834, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 174c, Alcaeus1.129a; τὸ πλῆθος τὸ -ότερον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 431 (Lyric poetry))]; οἱ -ότεροι, opposed to to οἱ ξυνετώτεροι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.37)]; οἱ φαυλότεροι γνώμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 83; τὰ γράμματα φαῦλοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242c)] (so in adverb, φαυλοτέρως πεπαιδευμένοι [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 876d))]; generally, inferior, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 483c)]: with infinitive, φαῦλοι μάχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 305)]; φ. λέγειν, φ. διαλεχθῆναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 181b, “Prt.” 336c: of animals, φ. κύων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.22; φαυλότατοι ἵπποι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.1.3.)]
II.3 careless, thoughtless, indifferent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 807:)] —especially in adverb, φαύλως ἐκρίνατε judged lightly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 520; φ. εὕδειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 769; οὐχ ὧδε φ. [prev. author] “Ion” 1546)]; φ. παραινεῖν off-hand, [Refs ([prev. author] “HF” 89)]; λόγισαι φαύλως μὴ ψήφοις ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ χειρός off-hand, roughly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 656)] (anapaest meter); φ. εἰπεῖν casually, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 449c)]; φ. φέρειν to bear lightly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 850, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 961.)]
II.4 in good sense, simple, unaffected, φαῦλον, ἄκομψον, τὰ μέγιστ᾽ ἀγαθόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 473 (_anapaest meter_), compare 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 3.63)]. adverb -λως, παιδεύειν τινά by a very simple method, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 13.4; φ. καὶ βραχέως ἀποκρίνασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147c.)]
II.5 of health, etc., φαύλως ἔχειν to be ill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.32)]; φ. πράττειν to be in sorry plight, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 165; φ. ἔχει τὰ πράγματα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.3, +others)]