Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀσφαλής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσφαλής ἀσφαλές

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + σφαλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: sfa/llomai

Sense

  1. not liable to fall, immoveable, steadfast, firm
  2. unfailing, trusty, safe, sure, certain
  3. assured from danger, safe, secure, safety, it is safe
  4. a convincing
  5. fast, firm, steady, without faltering, without fail for ever
  6. in safety, with certainty

Examples

  • ἡνίκα ἰσχυρὰ ἐποίει τὰ ἄνω νέφη, καὶ ὡσ ἀσφαλεῖσ ἐτίθει πηγὰσ τῆσ ὑπ̓ οὐρανὸν (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 8:28)
  • χείλη σοφῶν δέδεται αἰσθήσει, καρδία δὲ ἀφρόνων οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 15:7)
  • "ἀλλὰ πάντα εἰρήνησ μεστὰ καὶ πάντεσ οἱ νόμοι καὶ ἐλευθερία σαφὴσ καὶ δημοκρατία βέβαιοσ καὶ γάμοι ἀνύβριστοι καὶ παῖδεσ ἀδεεῖσ καὶ παρθένοι ἀσφαλεῖσ καὶ ἑορτάζουσα τὴν κοινὴν εὐτυχίαν ἡ πόλισ. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 10:13)
  • ὅπωσ δὲ καὶ τὰ πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ ἀσφαλεῖσ εἰε͂ν, ἠπάτησάν με τείχεσιν αὐτῶν τὴν πόλιν ὀχυρῶσαι προτρέψαντεσ, καὶ παρὰ Κεστίου Γάλλου τοῦ τῶν ἐν τῇ Συρίᾳ Ῥωμαϊκῶν ταγμάτων ἡγεμονεύοντοσ φρουρὰν ἑκόντεσ ἐδέξαντο, καταφρονήσαντεσ ἐμοῦ τότε μέγα δυναμένου καὶ πᾶσιν δι’ ἐκπλήξεωσ ὄντοσ. (Flavius Josephus, 412:1)
  • "ὁ δὲ τὰσ αἰσθήσεισ λόγοσ ἐπαγόμενοσ, ὡσ οὐκ ἀκριβεῖσ οὐδ’ ἀσφαλεῖσ πρὸσ πίστιν οὔσασ, οὐκ ἀναιρεῖ τὸ φαίνεσθαι τῶν πραγμάτων ἡμῖν ἕκαστον, ἀλλὰ χρωμένοισ κατὰ τὸ φαινόμενον ἐπὶ τὰσ πράξεισ ταῖσ αἰσθήσεσι τὸ πιστεύειν ὡσ ἀληθέσι πάντῃ καὶ ἀδιαπτώτοισ οὐ δίδωσιν αὐταῖσ τὸ γὰρ ἀναγκαῖον ἀρκεῖ καὶ χρειῶδεσ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν, ὅτι βέλτιον ἕτερον οὐκ ἔστιν· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 1911)

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

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