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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

  • φιλάνθρωπον, βέβαιον, ἀσφαλέσ, ἀμέριμνον, παντοδύναμον, πανεπίσκοπον καὶ διὰ πάντων χωροῦν πνευμάτων νοερῶν καθαρῶν λεπτοτάτων. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:23)
  • λαβόντα δὲ μεθ’ ἡμέραν μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει χρῆσθαι οὐκ ἀσφαλὲσ οἰέσθαι εἶναι, νύκτωρ δὲ ὑπὸ κόλπου ἔχοντα μόνον προελθεῖν εἰσ τὸ προάστειον καὶ προχειρισάμενον κρούειν καὶ συνταράττειν τὰσ χορδὰσ ἄτεχνον καὶ ἄμουσον νεανίσκον, ἐλπίζοντα μέλη τινὰ θεσπέσια ὑπηχήσειν τὴν λύραν ὑφ’ ὧν πάντασ καταθέλξειν καὶ κηλήσειν, καὶ ὅλωσ μακάριον ἔσεσθαι κληρονομήσαντα τῆσ Ὀρφέωσ μουσικῆσ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 12:1)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἀγρυπνήσειεν, ἐξάγειν ἐπὶ θήραν οὐκ ἀσφαλέσ, οὐδ̓ εἰ ἐπιστάξειεν θαμινὰ ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ, οὐδ̓ εἴ τι ἀπεμέσειεν τῶν σιτίων· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 9 1:4)
  • εἰ δὲ πίοι ἀθρόον ὑπερασθμαίνουσα, καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἀσφαλέσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 14 4:1)
  • μέγα τε γὰρ τὸ θηρίον καὶ δεῖ ἐπὶ πολύ, καὶ διαγωνίσασθαι οὐκ ἀσφαλέσ. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 23 1:2)

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

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