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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

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀσφαλής ά̓σφαλες
Genitive ἀσφαλούς ἀσφάλους
Dative ἀσφαλεί ἀσφάλει
Accusative ἀσφαλή ά̓σφαλες
Vocative ἀσφαλές ά̓σφαλες
DualN/A/V ἀσφαλεί ἀσφάλει
G/D ἀσφαλοίν ἀσφάλοιν
PluralNominative ἀσφαλείς ἀσφάλη
Genitive ἀσφαλών ἀσφάλων
Dative ἀσφαλέσιν* ἀσφάλεσιν*
Accusative ἀσφαλείς ἀσφάλη
Vocative ἀσφαλείς ἀσφάλη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀσφαλής ἀσφαλούς ἀσφαλέστερος ἀσφαλεστέρου ἀσφαλέστατος ἀσφαλεστάτου
Adverb ἀσφαλέως ἀσφαλέστερον ἀσφαλέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὡσ δ’ ἅπαξ οὗτοι χωρίων τινῶν τῆσ πολεμίασ ἐκράτησαν, ἐκ τοῦ ἀσφαλεστέρου ἤδη καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ Ἀβοριγῖνεσ οἱ δεόμενοι γῆσ κατὰ σφᾶσ ἕκαστοι ἐπεχείρουν τοῖσ ὁμόροισ καὶ πόλεισ ἔκτισαν ἄλλασ τέ τινασ καὶ τὰσ μέχρι τοῦδε οἰκουμένασ, Ἀντεμνάτασ καὶ Τελληνεῖσ καὶ Φικολνέουσ τοὺσ πρὸσ τοῖσ καλουμένοισ Κορνίκλοισ ὄρεσι καὶ Τιβουρτίνουσ, παρ’ οἷσ ἔτι καὶ εἰσ τόδε χρόνου μέροσ τι τῆσ πόλεωσ ὀνομάζεται Σικελικόν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 16 7:1)
  • οὐκοῦν τῶν ἱππέων πολὺ ἡμεῖσ ἐπ’ ἀσφαλεστέρου ὀχήματόσ ἐσμεν· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 21:1)

Similar forms

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

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