ἀφειδής

A. not sparing of, νεῶν καὶ πεισμάτων A. Ag. 195 (lyr.); ἀ. δείματος lightly regarding it, A.R. 4.1252; ἀ. πρὸς τὸν ἔρωτα Call. Epigr. 47.7: Sup. ‐έστατοι, τῶν ἀγαθῶν D.Chr. 1.24.

2. of things, ἀ. ὁ κατάπλους καθεστήκει the landing was made without regard to cost or risk, Th. 4.26; not spared, lavishly bestowed, χρυσός Call. Cer. 128; δῶρα AP 11.59 (Maced.).

II. Adv. ‐δῶς, Aeol. and Ion. ‐δέως Alc. 34, Hdt. 1.163, al., Ep. ‐δείως A.R. 3.897:—freely, lavishly, Alc.l.c.; διδόναι Hdt. l.c., D. 18.88; ἀ. ἀπιέναι τὰ τοξεύματα Hdt. 9.61: Comp. ‐έστερον, ταῖς λέξεσι χρῆσθαι Hermog. Id. 2.11; unsparingly, ὁρμῆσαι πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον D. 11.2.

2. without mercy, κατακόψαι Hdt. 1.207; φονεύειν Id. 9.39; χρώμενον Democr. 159; κολαζόντων ἀφειδέστερον ἢ ὡς δεσπόται, ‐έστατα τιμωρεῖν, X. Cyr. 4.2.47, An. 1.9.13; ἀ. ἔχειν ἑαυτῶν Arist. Pol. 1315a29, cf. Paus. 4.4.8.