ἀδηνής

Ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε → Sile, melius vel loquere silentio → Was besser ist als Schweigen, sage oder schweig

Menander, Monostichoi, 208

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Full diacritics: ἀδηνής	Medium diacritics: ἀδηνής	Low diacritics: αδηνής	Capitals: ΑΔΗΝΗΣ
Transliteration A: adēnḗs	Transliteration B: adēnēs	Transliteration C: adinis	Beta Code: a)dhnh/s

English (LSJ)

ές, (δῆνος) ignorant, inexperienced, Semon.7.53, cj. for ἁληνής, but expl. as 'without malice prepense' by Hsch, EM17.11: so in Adv. ἀδηνέως = without malice, διὰ τῆς πόλεως ἀ. γεγωνέοντες GDI 5653 (Chios):—hence ἀδήλεια, ἡ, ignorance, Hsch (ἀδηλείη).

-ές
I que obra sin pensar de donde
1 c. sent. neg. cándido, inexperto, inhábil o bien negligente, descuidado εὐνῆς ... ἀφροδισίης Semon.8.53 (cj. en ap.crít., v. ἀληνής).
2 c. sent. posit. no malicioso, no engañoso Hsch., cf. EM α 250.
II adv. ἀδηνέως
1 c. sent. neg. negligente, descuidadamente Hp. en Gal.19.70.
2 c. sent. posit. sin malicia, sin engaño, a las claras διὰ τῆς πόλεως ἀ. γεγωνέοντες Schwyzer 688B.11 (Quíos V a.C.), cf. Hsch., Sud., EM α 248.

ἀδηνής: -ές, (δῆνος) ἀμαθής, ἄπειρος, Σιμων. Ἰαμβ. 7. 53, (ἐξ εἰκασίας). - Ἐπίρρ. -έως, Α. Β. 341. Ἐντεῦθεν ἀδήνεια, ἡ, = ἀμαθία, Ἡσύχ.

ές, einfältig, Vetera Lexica; τινός, unerfahren, Simonid. mul. 53, s. δήνεα.