A.guileless, honest, “σοφία” Pi.O.7.53; in Att.esp. of treaties, “ἄ. εἰράνα” Ar.Lys.169; “σπονδαὶ ἄ. καὶ ἀβλαβεῖς” Th.5.18. Adv., freq. in the phrase ἀδόλως καὶ δικαίως without fraud or covin, Th.5.23, cf. IG1.42e; “ἁπλόως καὶ ἀ.” GDI5024 (Gort.): generally, “πλουτεῖν ἀδόλως” Scol.8; ἀδολώτερον λέγεσθαι, opp. πιστότερον, Antipho 3.3.4:— also, genuinely, truly, “τεθνάκην ἀ. θέλω” Sapph.Supp.23.1, cf. Theoc. 29.32.
II. unadulterated, genuine, “χρίματος ἀδόλοισι παρηγορίαις” A.Ag.95; “στύραξ” Dsc.1.66; χρυσός Eupolem. ap. Alex.Polyh.18; “ἀργύριον” Poll.3.86; σῖτος, πυρός, PHib.1.85, PGrenf.1.18; ἀ. ἀπὸ παντός ib.2.29.14: metaph., αὔραις ἀδόλοις pure, E.Supp.1029 (lyr.); “τὸ λογικὸν ἄ. γάλα” 1 Ep.Pet.2.2.
2. unpretentious, Plu. Pel.3.