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ἄφοβος

aphobos

without fear

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Where it lives

Against Onetor 1 24 · 102.21/10k
Against Onetor 2 8 · 84.21/10k
Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
Against Aphobus 3 6 · 15.48/10k
Against Aphobus 2 2 · 13.32/10k
Against Aphobus 1 5 · 11.02/10k
Philippians 1 · 6.26/10k
Laches 3 · 3.91/10k
Proverbia 3 · 2.7/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Hippias Minor 1 · 2.3/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἄφοβος · aphobos — LSJ

without fear

without fear, and so:

1 fearless, intrepid, having no fear of

fearless, intrepid, Pi. I. 5(4).40, S. OC 1325, etc.; πρὸς ἐρημίαν, περὶ τοῦ μέλλοντος, Plu. Lyc. 16, Galb. 23: c. gen., having no fear of, τῶν ἀρχόντων D.Chr. 2.52; τὸ ἄφοβον, = ἀφοβία, Pl. La. 197b. Adv. -βως X. Hier. 7.10, Pl. Lg. 682c, PTeb. 24.74 (ii B. C.).

2 causing no fear, free from fear

causing no fear, free from fear, A. Pr. 902; λόγος οὐκ ἄ. εἰπεῖν Pl. Lg. 797a.

3 which fear not men, which no one fears, tame, cattle

ἄ. θῆρες, in S. Aj. 366, is an oxymoron, beasts which fear not men or which no one fears, tame beasts, cattle.

In the wild

ἄφοβος · aphobos Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 901
ἀφόβῳ · aphobōi Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 1007)
ἄφοβος · aphobos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
ἄφοβον · aphobon Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
ἄφοβος · aphobos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
ἀφόβως · aphobōs Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3

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Where it came from

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