Ion. -ίη, ἡ, folly, thoughtlessness, in Hom. always in dat. pl., ἀνέρος ἀφραδίῃσι Il. 5.649; ποιμένος ἀφραδίῃσι 16.354; exc. δι’ ἀφραδίας Od. 19.523, and ἀφραδίῃ πολέμοιο Il. 2.368. — Ep. word, ἀφροσύνη being used for it in Prose; ἀφραδίῃσι in a mock heroic line, Ar. Pax 1064 (hex.).

ἡ, Unverstand, Torheit, Unbesonnenheit, bes. im plur., Il. 5.649, 16.354 ; νόοιο 10.122 ; ἀνδρῶν κακότητι καὶ ἀφραδίῃ πολέμοιο, Unerfahrenheit im Kriege, Il. 2.368. Vgl. die Homerische Nachahmung Ar. Pax 1064.