σαπρός, ά, όν, ( σήπω )
rotten, putrid, Hippon. 23, Hp. Oss. 13; of the lungs, diseased, Id. Morb. 1.13; of bone, carious, Id. Fract. 33; of wood, etc., rotten, ἱστίον Ar. Eq. 918; βύρσα Id. V. 38; πινακίσκος, φορμός, σχοινίον, Id. Pl. 813, 542, V. 1343; ἱμάς Men. 109.4; τοῦ διατειχίσματος ἀνελόντι τὰ ς . IG 22.1672.24; of a house, ς. καὶ ῥέουσα καὶ καταπίπτουσα Telesp.27 H.; ἐλαῖαι Thphr. HP 4.14.10: prov., σαπροῦ πείσματος ἀντιλαβέσθαι Thgn. 1362: esp., of fish that have been long in pickle, stale, rancid, τάριχος Ar. Ach. 1101; opp. πρόσφατος, Antiph. 218.4, cf. 125.6; of withered flowers, D. 22.70 . Adv., -ρῶς λούει τὰ βαλανεῖα so as to leave one filthy, Arr. Epict. 2.21.14 .
II generally, stale, worn out, ἀρχαῖον καὶ σαπρόν Ar. Pl. 323; of clothes, PGiss. 26.6 (ii A.D.) . Adv., -ῶς (perh. misspelt for -ός ) περιπατῶ I am walking about in rags, BGU 846.9 (ii A.D.) .
2. of persons, γέρων ὢν καὶ ς . Ar. Pax 698; ὦ σαπρά, to an old woman, Id. Ec. 884, Hermipp. 10; so εἶναι σαπρὸν κοὐδὲν δύνασθαι Ar. V. 1380; οὐδέν ἐσμεν οἱ ς . Eup. 221; ς. γυναῖκα . . ὁ τρόπος εὔμορφον ποιεῖ Philem. 170 .
3. of wine, mellow (cf. σαπρίας ), Eup. 442, cf. Philyll. 24; τρὺξ παλαιὰ καὶ σαπρά Ar. Pl. 1086; of old wine, ὀδόντας οὐκ ἔχων, ἤδη σαπρὸς . ., γέρων γε δαιμονίως Alex. 167.4 .
4. εἰρήνη σαπρά, a joke παρὰ προσδοκίαν, Ar. Pax 554 .
5. metaph., unsound, bad, λόγος Ep.[Eph 4:29]; opp. καλός, Vett.Val. 36.30, cf. PSI 4.312.13 (iv A.D.); ἄρουραι PGiss. 13.22 (ii A.D.); τὰ ς. ταῦτα Arr. Epict. 3.16.7; ὡς ς. καὶ κίβδηλος ὁ λέγων . . M.Ant. 11.15, cf. Sammelb. 5761.23 (i A.D.), PSI 6.717.4 (ii A.D.); τὴν ς. εἱμαρμένην the evil fate, PMag.Leid.W. 14.38.
III of sound, αὐλεῖ γὰρ σαπρὰ . . κρουμάτια Theopomp.Com. 50 (perh. f.l. for σαθρά, v. σαθρός 2 ).
σαπρός sapros 8x
pr. rotten, putrid; hence, bad, of a bad quality, [Mat 7:17-18]; [Mat 12:33]; [Luk 6:43];
refuse, [Mat 13:48];
met. corrupt, depraved, vicious, foul, impure, [Eph 4:29]
G4550 — σαπρός
σαπρά, σαπρόν (σήπω, 2 aorist passive σαπῆναι);
1. rotten, putrid ((Hipponax), Hippcr., Aristophanes, others).
2. corrupted by age and no lounger fit for use, worn out (Aristophanes, Dio Chr., others); hence, in general, of poor quality, bad, unfit for use, worthless (A. V. corrupt) (πᾶν, ὁ μή τήν ἰδίαν χρείαν πληροι, σαπρόν λέγομεν, Chrysostom hom. 4 on 1 Timothy): δένδρον, καρπός, opposed to καλός, [Mat 7:17]; [Mat 12:33]; [Luk 6:43]; fishes, [Mat 13:48] (here A. V. bad); tropically, λόγος, [Eph 4:29] (cf. Harless at the passage); δόγμα, Epictetus 3, 22, 61. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 377f.
** σαπρός , - ά - όν ,
[in Sm .: [Lev 27:14]; [Lev 27:33] * ;]
rotten, corrupt, bad, worth-less: of trees and fruit ( opp . to ἀγαθός , καλός ), [Mat 7:17-18]; [Mat 12:33] [Luk 6:43]; of fish, [Mat 13:48].
Metaph ., in moral sense: λόγος σ ., [Eph 4:29]. "In Hellenistic . . . it became a synonym for αἰσχρός or κακός ," MM , xxii. †