φαιός
phaios
grey
Appears 21 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
φαιός, ά, όν, A. grey, of any colour mixed of black and white, Ti. 68c, cf. Cat. 12a18, Top. 106b6, al.: opp. to both μέλας and λευκός, in a negative sense, R. 585a; φ. ἄρτοι, opp. to λευκοί, 120; τὸ ξανθὸν ἢ φ. Or. 4.138d; of mourning, φ. ἱμάτια 30.4.5; ἀποθέσθαι τὰ φ. 15.25.11; φ. ἐσθής SIG 1219.5 (Gambreion, iii B.C.)), 5.17, 49.12, al.; ἰώδης καὶ φ. χολή (καλοῦσι δʼ αὐτὴν ἰσατώδη) 15.35; dark-complexioned, P.Strassb.79.2 (i B.C.). 2. of sound, harsh, Top. 106b7, Aud. 802a2, 2.117, M. 6.41. II. φαιά, ἡ, name of a plaster, ap. 13.906, etc. (Cf. Lith. gaĩsas ‘reflected light of a blazing fire’.)
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