φλαῦρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
No clear etymology, but perhaps a Pre-Greek word. The adjective does look similar to synonymous φαῦλος (phaûlos, “cheap, paltry, easy”); both could have dissimilated from an original form *φλαῦλος (*phlaûlos). Similar forms and meanings are shown by Old Norse blautr (“weak; wet”) and Lithuanian biaũrus (“filthy, appalling, ugly”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰlâu̯.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰlaw.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸla.βros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfla.vros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfla.vros/
Adjective
φλαῦρος • (phlaûros) m (feminine φλαύρη, neuter φλαῦρον); first/second declension
- petty, paltry, trivial
- indifferent, bad
- shabby, plain (of personal appearance)
Inflection
First and second declension of φλαῦρος; φλαύρη; φλαῦρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | φλαῦρος phlaûros | φλαύρη phlaúrē | φλαῦρον phlaûron | φλαύρω phlaúrō | φλαύρᾱ phlaúrā | φλαύρω phlaúrō | φλαῦροι phlaûroi | φλαῦραι phlaûrai | φλαῦρᾰ phlaûra | |||||
Genitive | φλαύρου phlaúrou | φλαύρης phlaúrēs | φλαύρου phlaúrou | φλαύροιν phlaúroin | φλαύραιν phlaúrain | φλαύροιν phlaúroin | φλαύρων phlaúrōn | φλαύρων phlaúrōn | φλαύρων phlaúrōn | |||||
Dative | φλαύρῳ phlaúrōi | φλαύρῃ phlaúrēi | φλαύρῳ phlaúrōi | φλαύροιν phlaúroin | φλαύραιν phlaúrain | φλαύροιν phlaúroin | φλαύροις phlaúrois | φλαύραις phlaúrais | φλαύροις phlaúrois | |||||
Accusative | φλαῦρον phlaûron | φλαύρην phlaúrēn | φλαῦρον phlaûron | φλαύρω phlaúrō | φλαύρᾱ phlaúrā | φλαύρω phlaúrō | φλαύρους phlaúrous | φλαύρᾱς phlaúrās | φλαῦρᾰ phlaûra | |||||
Vocative | φλαῦρε phlaûre | φλαύρη phlaúrē | φλαῦρον phlaûron | φλαύρω phlaúrō | φλαύρᾱ phlaúrā | φλαύρω phlaúrō | φλαῦροι phlaûroi | φλαῦραι phlaûrai | φλαῦρᾰ phlaûra | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
φλαύρως phlaúrōs | φλαυρότερος phlauróteros | φλαυρότᾰτος phlaurótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φλαυρίζω (phlaurízō)
- φλαυρότης (phlaurótēs)
- φλαυρουργός (phlaurourgós)
Further reading
- φλαῦρος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φλαῦρος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φλαῦρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN