ἀβουλ-ία, ἡ,
ill-advisedness, thoughtlessness, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10.41, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.210, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.2.6, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 16.9D, etc.; ἐπαρθέντες ἀβουλίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9. ; ἐξ ἀ. πεσεῖν, ἀβουλίᾳ πεσεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 398, 429: _plural_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 750, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.57. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 irresolution, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.75] Refs 5th c.BC+]; indecision, [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 119.] Refs 3rd c.AD+]