ἀφειδής: Difference between revisions

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