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

  • ἐσ ἀγῶνα γὰρ προκαλέσασθαι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ῥητῷ πληγῶν ἀριθμῷ, καὶ πρῶτον μὲν αὐτὸσ αὐλῆσαι πονηρῶσ, μετὰ δὲ παραδοὺσ τοὺσ αὐλοὺσ ἐκείνῳ δέξασθαι παρ’ αὐτοῦ τὸ σκῦτοσ καὶ τὸ ξιφίδιον καὶ ἀπορρῖψαι τάχιστα διὰ τῆσ φωταγωγοῦ ἐσ τὸ ὕπαιθρον τῆσ αὐλῆσ, καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου ἀσφαλέστεροσ ἤδη προσπαλαίων αὐτῷ ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τοὺσ γειτνιῶντασ, ὑφ’ ὧν ἀνασπασάντων τὸ θύριον σωθῆναι αὐτόσ. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 20:6)
  • πολλὰ γὰρ προείμεθα, ὧν ὑπαρχόντων τότ’ ἂν ἢ νῦν ἀσφαλέστεροσ καὶ ῥᾴων ἦν ἡμῖν ὁ πόλεμοσ. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 17:3)
  • ἔτι κυριώτεροι καὶ περὶ κυριωτέρων τῶν κατὰ γράμματα νόμων οἱ κατὰ τὰ ἔθη εἰσίν, ὥστ’ εἰ τῶν κατὰ γράμματα ἄνθρωποσ ἄρχων ἀσφαλέστεροσ, ἀλλ’ οὐ τῶν κατὰ τὸ ἔθοσ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 3 291:1)
  • τίνοσ μὲν γὰρ ὁ βίοσ ἀσφαλέστεροσ ἢ ὃν πάντεσ ὁμοίωσ φυλάττουσιν; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 42:2)
  • ὁ γὰρ μεθ’ ἡμέραν καιρόσ, ἤδη τῆσ πέψεωσ κρίσιν ἐχούσησ, ἀσφαλέστερόσ ἐστιν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 14:3)

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

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