Ἀδόλως
guilelessly
Translated by Sean M. Redmond22 Oct 1999Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] simply, truthfully. [...] but falsehood [is] complicated and full of guile.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀδόλως· ἁπλῶς, ἀληθῶς. τὸ δὲ ψεῦδος περιπεπλεγμένον καὶ δόλου μεστόν.
Betacode
*)ado/lws: a(plw=s, a)lhqw=s. to\ de\ yeu=dos peripeplegme/non kai\ do/lou mesto/n.
Notes
- Abbreviated from a longer entry in Photius (Lexicon alpha373 Theodoridis), where the second part begins: 'for truth is something simple and without guile, but etc.'.
The headword adverb is presumably quoted from somewhere but it is too common to identify the source.