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ἀδεής (A), Ep. ἀδειής , ές: voc. ἀδεές [α_, i.e. ἀδϝεές]:—
A.fearless, εἴ περ ἀδειής τ᾽ ἐστί, of Hector, Il.7.117; “κύον ἀδεές” 8.423, Od.19.91: c. gen., “ἀ. θανάτου” Pl.R.386b, cf. Arist.EN1115a33; “ἐν θαλάττῃ καὶ ἐν νόσοις ἀ. ὁ ἀνδρεῖος” 1115b1.
2. without anxiety, secure, τὸ ἀ. security, Th.3.37; ἀ. δέος δεδιέναι to fear where no fear is, Pl. Smp.198a.
II. causing no fear, not formidable, “πρὸς ἐχθρούς” Th.1.36 (Comp.); “οὐ γὰρ ἀδεὲς τοῦτ᾽ ὑπολαμβάνω” D.16.22.
III. most common in Adv. ἀδεῶς without fear or scruple, confidently, Hdt.3.65, 9.109; “ἀ. τινὰ ὠφελοῦμεν” Th.2.40; “ἀ. περί τινος ἀποφαίνεσθαι” Pl.La.186d; “ἀ. πολιτεύεσθαι” Lys.24.25; “ἀ.” bibit Cic.Att.13.52: Comp. “-έστερον” Th.4.92.
2. with impunity, “μηνύειν” Id.6.27.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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