φαῦλος
Alt. φαῦλος, η, ον
Etym. like φλαῦρος
I. of things, "easy, slight", Eur., Ar., etc.: adv., φαύλως κρίνειν to estimate "lightly", Aesch.; φ. ἀποδιδράσκειν to get off "easily", Ar.; Sup., φαυλότατα καὶ ῥᾷστα id=Ar.
2. "trivial, paltry, petty, sorry, poor", Thuc., etc.; φαῦλα ἐπιφέρειν to bring "paltry" charges, Hdt.: adv., οὔτι φαύλως "with" no "trivial force", Eur.
II. of persons, "low" in rank, "mean, common", οἱ φαυλότατοι "the commonest sort" (of soldiers), Thuc., etc.: also in point of education opp. to σοφός, Eur., etc.; c. inf., φαῦλος μάχεσθαι id=Eur.; φ. λέγειν Plat.
2. "careless, thoughtless, indifferent", Lat. securus, Eur.;—adv., φαύλως εὕδειν id=Eur.; φ. λογίσασθαι to estimate "off-hand, roughly", Ar.; φ. εἰπεῖν, Lat. strictim dicere, carelessly, roughly, Plat.
3. in good sense, "simple, unaffected", id=Plat.: adv., φαύλως παιδεύειν τινα Xen.