ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Of persons or things: P. and V. ἁπλοῦς; see free.
sheer, unmixed: P. ἄκρατος; see absolute.
downright slavery: P. ἄντικρυς (adv.) δουλεία (Thuc. 1, 122).