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

  • πειρατέον δὲ τοὺσ τῶν ἡδονῶν ἥττουσ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ ἐπιτιμήσεισ δυσηκόουσ γάμῳ καταζεῦξαι, δεσμὸσ γὰρ οὗτοσ τῆσ νεότητοσ ἀσφαλέστατοσ. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 191)
  • ἀσφαλέστατοσ δὲ πάντων καὶ Ῥήϊστοσ καὶ μακρότατοσ πάντων ὁ τεταρταῖοσ‧ οὐ γὰρ μοῦνον αὐτὸσ ἐφ’ ἑωυτοῦ τοιοῦτόσ ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ νοσημάτων ἑτέρων μεγάλων Ῥύεται. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, EPIDHMIWN A, 200)
  • οὕτω γὰρ ἀσφαλέστατοσ ὁ βίοσ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 5 4:6)
  • οὕτω γὰρ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ἔμοιγε φαίνεται βεβαίωσ πωσ ἐκεῖνοσ φιλόπολισ, ὥστε δοκῶν καὶ ὢν ἀσφαλέστατοσ στρατηγὸσ ἁπάντων, ὑπὲρ μὲν ὑμῶν, ὁπόθ’ ἡγοῖτο, ἐχρῆτο τούτῳ, ὑπὲρ αὑτοῦ δέ, ἐπειδὴ τὸ καθ’ αὑτὸν ἐτάχθη κινδυνεύειν, παρεῖδε, καὶ μᾶλλον εἵλετο μὴ ζῆν ἢ καταισχῦναι τὰσ παρ’ ὑμῶν ὑπαρχούσασ αὐτῷ τιμάσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 107:2)
  • καὶ τὰ μὲν ξυντεθέντα ἢ ὁμολογηθέντα φυλάξαι βεβαιότατοσ, πρὸσ δὲ τῶν ἐξαπατώντων μὴ ἁλῶναι ἀσφαλέστατοσ, χρημάτων τε ἐσ μὲν ἡδονὰσ τὰσ αὑτοῦ φειδωλότατοσ, ἐσ δὲ εὐποιϊάν τῶν πέλασ ἀφθονώτατοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 7, chapter 28 3:2)

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

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