ἀφειδής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, (φείδομαι) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[not sparing of]], νεῶν καὶ πεισμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>195</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἀ. δείματος</b> [[lightly regarding]] it, <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1252</span>; ἀ. πρὸς τὸν ἔρωτα <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>47.7</span>: Sup. -έστατοι, τῶν ἀγαθῶν <span class="bibl">D.Chr.1.24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of things, <b class="b3">ἀ. ὁ κατάπλους καθεστήκει</b> the landing was made [[without regard to cost]] or [[risk]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.26</span>; [[not spared]], [[lavishly bestowed]], χρυσός <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Cer.</span>128</span>; δῶρα <span class="title">AP</span>11.59 (Maced.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-δῶς</b>, Aeol. and Ion. -δέως <span class="bibl">Alc.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.163</span>, al., Ep. -δείως <span class="bibl">A.R.3.897</span>:—[[freely]], [[lavishly]], Alc.l.c.; διδόναι Hdt. l.c., <span class="bibl">D.18.88</span>; ἀ. ἀπιέναι τὰ τοξεύματα <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.61</span>: Comp. -έστερον, ταῖς λέξεσι χρῆσθαι <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>2.11</span>; [[unsparingly]], ὁρμῆσαι πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον <span class="bibl">D.11.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[without mercy]], κατακόψαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.207</span>; φονεύειν <span class="bibl">Id.9.39</span>; χρώμενον <span class="bibl">Democr.159</span>; <b class="b3">κολαζόντων ἀφειδέστερον ἢ ὡς δεσπόται, -έστατα τιμωρεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.2.47</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>1.9.13</span>; ἀ. ἔχειν ἑαυτῶν <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1315a29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Paus.4.4.8</span>.</span>