The corpus record

ἄβουλ-ος

aboulos

inconsiderate, ill-advised

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Where it lives

Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant — LSJ

inconsiderate, ill-advised, taking no thought, unfeeling

inconsiderate, ill-advised, S. Ant. 1026, Men. Pk. 382, Anacreont. 12.4; τέκνοισι Ζῆνʼ ἄβουλον taking no thought for them, unfeeling, S. Tr. 140, cf. El. 546, E. Heracl. 152: Comp., Th. 1.120.7: Sup., Plu. Dio 43. Adv. -ως Hdt. 3.71; οὐκ ἀ. Pherecr. 143.6; ἀ. καὶ ἀθέως Antipho 1.23: Sup. ἀβουλότατα Hdt. 7.9.βʹ, Plb. Fr. 92.

In the wild

ἀβούλως · aboulōs Euripides, Rhesus *(hni/oxos (DIORISIS sentence 497)
ἄβουλος · aboulos Euripides, Suppliants (DIORISIS sentence 186)
ἀβούλως · aboulōs Herodotus, Histories 3.71.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3415)
ἀβουλότατα · aboulotata Herodotus, Histories 7.9B.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7094)
ἄβουλον · aboulon Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.44.1 (DIORISIS sentence 890)
ἄβουλος · aboulos Sophocles, Antigone 1025–1027

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Where it came from

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