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Ἀδειής · fearless (α 451) · Suda

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α447impunity
α448impunity
α449Hadad, Ader, Aderos
α450safe-haven
α451fearless
α452dauntless
α453Adeimantos, Adimantus
α454asking [me] to sing as if entertaining cicadas
α455you sing as if sailing into Delos

Suda/Α alpha/α451

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Ἀδειής

fearless

Translated by Jennifer Benedict16 Mar 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
epic

2 notes · 8 words

Translation

Unafraid.¹
Also [sc. attested is] a)/deios, [used] similarly.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀδειής· ἄφοβος. καὶ Ἄδειος, ὁμοίως.

Betacode

*)adeih/s: a)/fobos. kai\ *)/adeios, o(moi/ws.

Notes (2)

cf. generally alpha 447, alpha 448, alpha 450, alpha 452.

1From the scholia to Homer, Iliad 7.117, where the headword adjective (the epic form of a)deh/s) occurs. ↩

2Unattested outside lexicography.

Linked from2 entries

α450Ἀδειάςsafe-havenA type of altar.
ε2688Ἐπιτήδειοςsuitable, agreeableFrom the [noun] de/os, which means fear, [comes] a)/deos ["no fear"], with addition of iota a)/deios, one who is deprived of fear; with lengthening of the alpha into eta, [and] with addition of tau, [and] with the e)pi/…

Neighbouring entries

α449ἌδερHadad, Ader, Aderos α450Ἀδειάςsafe-haven α451Ἀδειήςfearless α452Ἀδείμανταdauntless α453ἈδείμαντοςAdeimantos, Adimantus

Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Jan 2012

10 Jan 2012another x-ref — David Whitehead
9 Jul 2008augmented notes; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Apr 2002added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Mar 2001Translated — Jennifer Benedict

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀδειής (Adler number alpha 451), trans. Jennifer Benedict, 16 Mar 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/451

Translation by Jennifer Benedict for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗