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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

  • σὺ μὲν οὖν πόρρω ταῦτα καὶ μακρῷ ἀσφαλέστερον, ἐγὼ δὲ παρὰ τὸ πῦρ αὐτὸ καὶ ἔτι πρότερον ἐν πολλῷ πλήθει τῶν ἀκροατῶν εἶπον αὐτά, ἐνίων μὲν ἀχθομένων, ὅσοι ἐθαύμαζον τὴν ἀπόνοιαν τοῦ γέροντοσ· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 3:2)
  • αὖθισ δ’, εἰ δοκεῖ, διὰ βραχέων ἐρήσομαί σε, σὺ δὲ μὴ ὀκνήσῃσ ἀποκρίνασθαι, καὶ ὅπωσ ἀσφαλέστερον ἀποκρινῇ. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 6:5)
  • καὶ μὴν ἀσφαλέστερον αὐτὸσ ποιήσειν μοι δοκῶ τῶν παλαιῶν τινασ ἐκείνων τεχνιτῶν παρακαλέσασ ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον, ὡσ ἀναπλάσειάν μοι τὴν γυναῖκα. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 3:7)
  • πόσῳ γὰρ τοῦτο ὁρᾶν ἥδιον ἢ πυκτεύοντασ νεανίσκουσ καὶ αἵματι ῥεομένουσ, καὶ παλαίοντασ ἄλλουσ ἐν κόνει, οὓσ ἡ ὄρχησισ πολλάκισ ἀσφαλέστερον ἅμα καὶ εὐμορφότερον καὶ τερπνότερον ἐπιδείκνυται. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 71:2)
  • ἐμοὶ γοῦν πολὺ ἀσφαλέστερον σκυτοτομεῖν ἐπικεκυφότα ἢ πίνειν ἀπὸ χρυσῆσ φιάλησ κωνείῳ ἢ ἀκονίτῳ συνανακραθεῖσαν φιλοτησίαν ὁ γοῦν κίνδυνοσ ἐμοὶ μέν, εἰ παρολίσθοι τὸ σμιλίον καὶ ἁμάρτοι τῆσ τομῆσ τῆσ ἐπ’ εὐθύ, ὀλίγον τι αἱμάξαι τοὺσ δακτύλουσ ἐντεμόντα· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 26:2)

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

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