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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

  • πολύγονον δὲ ἀσεβῶν πλῆθοσ οὐ χρησιμεύσει, καὶ ἐκ νόθων μοσχευμάτων οὐ δώσει ρίζαν εἰσ βάθοσ, οὐδὲ ἀσφαλῆ βάσιν ἑδράσει. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 4:3)
  • ἡ δὲ σή, πάτερ, διακυβερνᾷ πρόνοια, ὅτι ἔδωκασ καὶ ἐν θαλάσσῃ ὁδὸν καὶ ἐν κύμασι τρίβον ἀσφαλῆ, (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 14:3)
  • καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν πολιορκίᾳ οὐκ ἐπὶ τὰ ὑψηλὰ καὶ ἀπόκρημνα καὶ ἀσφαλῆ τοῦ τείχουσ προσίασιν οἱ πολέμιοι, ἀλλ’ ᾗ ἂν ἀφύλακτόν τι μέροσ ἢ σαθρὸν αἴσθωνται ἢ ταπεινόν, ἐπὶ τοῦτο πάσῃ] δυνάμει χωροῦσιν ὡσ ῥᾷστα παρεισδῦναι καὶ ἑλεῖν δυνάμενοι, οὕτω καὶ οἱ διαβάλλοντεσ ὃ τι ἂν ἀσθενὲσ ἴδωσι τῆσ ψυχῆσ καὶ ὑπόσαθρον καὶ εὐεπίβατον, τούτῳ προσβάλλουσι καὶ προσάγουσι τὰσ μηχανάσ, καὶ τέλοσ ἐκπολιορκοῦσι μηδενὸσ ἀντιταττομένου μηδὲ τὴν ἔφοδον αἰσθομένου. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 19:2)
  • οὐκ ἔνι δὲ ἄμφω καὶ ἀσφαλῆ καὶ φιλοθεάμονα εἶναι. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 5:15)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἐν πήρᾳ καὶ βάκτρῳ καὶ τρίβωνι ὁ ζῆλοσ, ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἀσφαλῆ καὶ ῥᾴδια καὶ παντὸσ ἂν εἰή, τὸ τέλοσ δὲ καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον χρὴ ζηλοῦν καὶ πυρὰν συνθέντα κορμῶν συκίνων ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα χλωρῶν ἐναποπνιγῆναι τῷ καπνῷ· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:68)

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

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