ἀφραδία

aphradia

folly, thoughtlessness

Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀφραδία, Ion. -ιη, , A. folly, thoughtlessness, in Hom. always in dat. pl., ἀνέρος ἀφραδίῃσι Il. 5.649; ποιμένος ἀφραδίῃσι 16.354; exc. διʼ ἀφραδίας Od. 19.523, and ἀφραδίῃ πολέμοιο Il. 2.368.—Ep. word, ἀφροσύνη being used for it in Prose; ἀφραδίῃσι in a mock heroic line, Ar. Pax 1064 (hex.).
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