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

  • ἔτι δὲ πλείονοσ ταραχῆσ κατασχούσησ τοὺσ οὐδὲν πλεῖον τῶν ἀσφαλῶν προελομένουσ ἡγεμόνασ καὶ δέουσ, μὴ τὰ οἰκεῖα οὐ πολλὰ ὄντα δαπανᾶν ἀναγκάζωνται βραδύνοντεσ, μαθὼν ὁ Ποστόμιοσ, ὅσον ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖσ τὸ ἄπειρον στρατηγίασ, πέμπει τὸν ἱππάρχην Τῖτον Αἰβούτιον ἄγοντα τοὺσ ἀκμαιοτάτουσ ἱππεῖσ τε καὶ ψιλούσ, καταλαβέσθαι κελεύσασ ὄροσ τι καλῶσ ἐν παρόδῳ κείμενον ταῖσ παρακομιζομέναισ Λατίνοισ ἀγοραῖσ οἴκοθεν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 4 5:1)
  • ὧν καὶ οἱ ἐχθροὶ καταφρονοῦσιν οὐκ ἀσφαλῶν σφίσιν ὄντων καὶ ἐσ τὰ ἀφῃρημένα βιάζονται. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 3, chapter 5 6:6)

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

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