αὐθάδεια

English (LSJ)

[θᾱ], poet. and later Prose (SIG1243.27) αὐθαδία, ἡ,

   A wilfulness, stubbornness, A.Pr.79, S.OT549, Ar.Th.704, Pl.R.590a, BGU 1187.21 (i B. C.), IG7.2725.27 (Acraephia, ii A. D.), etc.; opp. εὐβουλία, A.Pr.1034; surliness, Thphr.Char.15.1; mean betw. ἀρέσκεια and σεμνότης, Arist.EE1221a8; αὐθαδίαν αὐθαδίᾳ [ἐξελαύνειν] Antiph.300.4; ἡ αὐ. τῶν συνθηκῶν ὅτι οὐ μετὰ κοινῆς γνώμης αὐτὰς ἔπραξεν D.H.9.17.