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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

  • ξύλον ζωῆσ ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖσ ἀντεχομένοισ αὐτῆσ, καὶ τοῖσ ἐπερειδομένοισ ἐπ̓ αὐτὴν ὡσ ἐπὶ Κύριον ἀσφαλήσ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 3:18)
  • φιλάνθρωπον, βέβαιον, ἀσφαλέσ, ἀμέριμνον, παντοδύναμον, πανεπίσκοπον καὶ διὰ πάντων χωροῦν πνευμάτων νοερῶν καθαρῶν λεπτοτάτων. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 7:23)
  • λαβόντα δὲ μεθ’ ἡμέραν μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει χρῆσθαι οὐκ ἀσφαλὲσ οἰέσθαι εἶναι, νύκτωρ δὲ ὑπὸ κόλπου ἔχοντα μόνον προελθεῖν εἰσ τὸ προάστειον καὶ προχειρισάμενον κρούειν καὶ συνταράττειν τὰσ χορδὰσ ἄτεχνον καὶ ἄμουσον νεανίσκον, ἐλπίζοντα μέλη τινὰ θεσπέσια ὑπηχήσειν τὴν λύραν ὑφ’ ὧν πάντασ καταθέλξειν καὶ κηλήσειν, καὶ ὅλωσ μακάριον ἔσεσθαι κληρονομήσαντα τῆσ Ὀρφέωσ μουσικῆσ· (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 12:1)
  • σὺ μὲν οὖν πόρρω ταῦτα καὶ μακρῷ ἀσφαλέστερον, ἐγὼ δὲ παρὰ τὸ πῦρ αὐτὸ καὶ ἔτι πρότερον ἐν πολλῷ πλήθει τῶν ἀκροατῶν εἶπον αὐτά, ἐνίων μὲν ἀχθομένων, ὅσοι ἐθαύμαζον τὴν ἀπόνοιαν τοῦ γέροντοσ· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 3:2)
  • Οὐκ ἀσφαλὴσ ἡ πεῖρα, ὦ Πρωτεῦ. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, menelaus and proteus, chapter 2 1:4)
  • καὶ δἰ ὀλίγου ἀπὸ τοῦ νότου ἐσ λίβα ἄνεμον, καὶ ταῖσ ναυσὶν οὐκέτι ἀσφαλὴσ ὁ ὁρ́μοσ ἦν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 4 5:1)
  • ὁρ́μοσ ναυσὶν οὐκ ἀσφαλήσ, σαλεύοιεν δ̓ ἂν ἀπαθεῖσ, εἰ μὴ μέγασ χειμὼν κατάσχοι. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 14 4:3)
  • ὁρ́μοσ ναυσὶν ἀσφαλήσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 14 6:1)

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

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