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

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰlâu̯.ros/ → /ˈɸla.βros/ → /ˈfla.vros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰlâu̯.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰlaw.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸla.βros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfla.vros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfla.vros/

Adjective

φλαῦρος • (phlaûros) m (feminine φλαύρη, neuter φλαῦρον); first/second declension

1. petty, paltry, trivial
2. indifferent, bad
3. shabby, plain (of personal appearance)

Inflection

First and second declension of φλαῦρος; φλαύρη; φλαῦρον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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