ἄδεια

adeia

freedom from fear

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 4 1131b25–1132b20

1132b15
Politics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 13 1297a14–1297b34

1297a22
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1
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Chapter 5 1250b6–18

1250b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄδεια (A), ἡ, (ἀδεής Α A. freedom from fear, Th. 7.20; esp.safe conduct, amnesty, indemnity, ἀδείην διδόναι Hdt. 2.121.ζʹ; τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄ. ἐδώκατε οἰκεῖν τὴν σφετέραν Antipho 5.77; ἐν ἀ. εἶναι Hdt. 8.120; ἐν ἀ. οὐ ποιεῖσθαι τὸ λέγειν to hold it not safe, Id. 9.42; τὸ σῶμά τινος εἰς ἄ. καθιστάναι Lys. 2.15; τῶν σωμάτων ἄ. ποιεῖν Th. 3.58; πολλὴν ἄ. αὐτοῖς ἐψηφισμένοι ἔσεσθε ποιεῖν ὅτι ἂν βούλωνται Lys. 22.19; ἄ. τινι παρασκευάσαι Id. 16.13, cf. D. 13.17; παρέχειν Id. 21.210; opp. ἄ. εὑρίσκεσθαι And. 1.34, D. 24.47; λαμβάνειν Id. 18.286; ἀδείας τυγχάνειν 5.6; τοῦ μὴ πάσχειν ἄδειαν ἤγετε 19.149; μετὰ πάσης ἀδείας 18.305; μετʼ ἀ. 22.25:—also γῆς ἄ. a secure dwelling-place, S. OC 447:—licence to bring forward proposals or make charges, D. 24.45, Plu. Per. 31, etc. 2. Lit. Crit., licence, ἄ. ποιητική A.D. Pron. 38.3, al., Him. Or. 1.1; κωμική A.D. Pron. 69.19.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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