ἀπηλεγέως
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
English (LSJ)
Adv.
A without caring for anything, outright, bluntly, Hom. only in phrase μῦθον ἀπηλεγέως ἀποειπεῖν Il.9.309, Od.1.373; ἀ. πεπύθοιτο A.R.4.1469; νίσσετ' ἀπηλεγέως straightforwards, without looking about, Id.1.785; sternly, 4.687; prob.f.l. for ἀνηλ-, Q.S.1.226:—also ἀπηλεγές, Nic.Th.495, Opp.C.2.510. (From ἀλέγω, like νηλεγής, ἀνηλεγής.)
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀπηλεγέως: Ἐπίρρ. τοῦ ἐπιθ. ἀπηλεγής, ές, (ὅπερ ἀπαντᾷ παρὰ Γρηγ. Ναζ.), ἀφροντίστως, ἀποτόμως, σκληρῶς, ἀπαγορευτικῶς, Ὅμ., μόνον ἐν τῇ φράσει, μῦθον ἀπηλεγέως ἀποειπεῖν Ἰλ. Ι. 309, Ὀδ. Α. 373· οὕτω, νίσσετ’ ἀπηλεγέως, συντόνως, μὴ περιβλέπων τῇδε κἀκεῖσε, Ἀπολλ. Ῥόδ. Α. 785: ― Ὡσαύτως, ἀπηλεγές, Νικ. Θ. 495, Ὀππ. Κ. 2. 510. (Πιθανῶς ἐκ τοῦ ἀλέγω ὡς νηλεγής, ἀνηλεγής).
