Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Ἀσφάλειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἀσφάλειος Ἀσφάλειη Ἀσφάλειον

Structure: Ἀσφαλει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)sfalh/s

Sense

  1. securer

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • σπουδάζοντεσ δὲ περὶ τὴν πολιτείαν οὐχ ἧττον ἢ περὶ τὴν σωτηρίαν ὅλησ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ τὴν δημοκρατίαν εἰδότεσ ἐν μὲν ταῖσ ἡσυχίαισ καὶ ταῖσ ἀσφαλείαισ αὐξομένην καὶ διαμένουσαν, ἐν δὲ τοῖσ πολέμοισ δὶσ ἤδη καταλυθεῖσαν, πρὸσ μὲν τοὺσ τῆσ εἰρήνησ ἐπιθυμοῦντασ ὡσ πρὸσ ὀλιγαρχικοὺσ ὄντασ δυσκόλωσ ἔχομεν, τοὺσ δὲ τὸν πόλεμον ἀγαπῶντασ ὡσ τῆσ δημοκρατίασ κηδομένουσ εὔνουσ εἶναι νομίζομεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 17 2:1)
  • τὸν δ’ ἀνὰ μέσον τόπον ἐπεῖχεν ἡ στρατοπεδεία, πεφραγμένη τῇ φύσει καὶ ταῖσ τῶν τόπων ἀσφαλείαισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 28 18:2)
  • οἱ δ’ ἅπαξ ἐγκλίναντεσ εὐθέωσ ἐκτὸσ τοῦ δεινοῦ πάντεσ ἦσαν ὑπὸ ταῖσ αὑτῶν ἀσφαλείαισ καὶ πάλιν ἐκ μεταβολῆσ ἐκινδύνευον. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 57 8:2)
  • καὶ πολλοὶ μὲν αὐτῶν ἀπέθανον τρωθέντεσ ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων, τὸ δὲ διασῳζόμενον μέροσ πρόσ τινα λόφον ἐρυμνὸν καὶ σύμφυτον ἔμενεν, πιστεῦον ταῖσ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν τόπων ἀσφαλείαισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 1, chapter 74 6:1)
  • ποιουμένων δὲ τῶν Ἀχαϊκῶν τὴν ἀποχώρησιν πρὸσ τὰ βαρέα τῶν ὅπλων, ὡσ μενόντων ὑπὸ ταῖσ ἀσφαλείαισ ἐπὶ τῆσ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ τάξεωσ, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον εὐσχήμων ἐγένεθ’ ἡ φυγὴ καὶ σωτήριοσ· (Polybius, Histories, book 4, chapter 12 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. securer

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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