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Headword: Ἀδεές
Adler number: alpha,434
Translated headword: fearless, fright-free
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. Something] safe, not frightening. As the proverb: "you fear a fear-free fear."[1] It is something said about those who fear things that are not frightening.
Greek Original:
Ἀδεές: ἀσφαλὲς, οὐ φοβερόν. ὡς ἡ παροιμία: ἀδεὲς δέδοικας δέος. λεγόμενόν τί ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῶν τὰ μὴ φοβερὰ φοβουμένων.
Notes:
Similar entry, but without the initial glossing, in Photius.
[1] See e.g. Plato, Symposium 198A.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; philosophy; proverbs
Translated by: William Hutton on 6 November 2000@16:00:30.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 30 April 2002@05:07:35.
David Whitehead (augmented notes; cosmetics) on 10 January 2012@05:30:25.
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