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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

  • "σὺ δέ μοι ἀσφαλέωσ ἔχειν τόδε γάρ μοι χρυσοῦ βέλτερον, τόδε μοι ψυχῆσ ἐμῆσ ἀντάξιον. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 20:9)
  • ὃ δ’ ἀσφαλέωσ ἀγορεύων αἶψά κε καὶ μέγα νεῖκοσ ἐπισταμένωσ κατέπαυσεν· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 10:6)
  • ἵππουσ δ’ ἐξελάσασθαι ὑφ’ ἁρ́ματι, καὶ περὶ νύσσαν ἀσφαλέωσ κάμπτοντα τροχῷ σύριγγα φυλάξαι, Ἀμφιτρύων ὃν παῖδα φίλα φρονέων ἐδίδαξεν αὐτόσ, ἐπεὶ μάλα πολλὰ θοῶν ἐξήρατ’ ἀγώνων Ἄργει ἐν ἱπποβότῳ κειμήλια, καί οἱ ἀαγεῖσ δίφροι, ἐφ’ ὧν ἐπέβαινε, χρόνῳ διέλυσαν ἱμάντασ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 64)
  • ἀσφαλέωσ κε φυτοσκάφον ἄνδρα κορέσσαι. (Theocritus, Idylls, 69)
  • Θυμέ, θύμ’ ἀμηχάνοισι κήδεσιν κυκώμενε, ἀνάδυ, δυσμενῶν δ’ ἀλέξευ προσβαλὼν ἐναντίον στέρνον ἐνδόκοισιν, ἐχθρῶν πλησίον κατασταθεὶσ ἀσφαλέωσ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 215)

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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