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ἀδάπᾰνος

adapanos

without expense, costing nothing

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Where it lives

Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant — LSJ

without expense, costing nothing

without expense, costing nothing, γλυκέα κἀδάπανα Ar. Pax 593, cf. Teles p. 7.8 H., D.S. 10Fr. 12. Adv. ἀδαπάνως, τέρψαι φρένα E. Or. 1176, cf. Phld. Rh. 2.133 S. (prob.).

II not spending

of persons, not spending, ἀ. χρημάτων εἰς τὸ δέον Arist. VV 1251b7; ἀ. καταστῆσαι τὸ κοινόν Michel 1007.33 (Teos), cf. Inscr.Prien. 111.133 (i B. C.).

In the wild

ἀδάπανοι · adapanoi Aristotle, Virtues and Vices (DIORISIS sentence 63)
ἀδαπάνως · adapanōs Euripides, Orestes 1175 (DIORISIS sentence 804)
ἀδάπανον · adapanon New Testament, 1 Corinthians 9.18 (DIORISIS sentence 254)

Where it came from

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