ἄσυλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">safe from violence, inviolate</b>, ἐπεὶ πᾶν ἐστιν ἄ. <span class="bibl">Parm.8.48</span>; μενεῖς ἄ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>728</span>; ἐκπεμπέτω ἄσυλον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>866d</span>; of the persons of magistrates, <span class="bibl">D.H.7.45</span>, <span class="bibl">10.39</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἄ</b>. <b class="b2">right of sanctuary</b>, <span class="title">GDI</span>4940.13 (Allaria). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">not liable to reprisals</b> (cf. [[σῦλαι]]), <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).333 (Locr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">γάμων ἄ</b>. <b class="b2">safe from</b> marriage, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 61</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of places, <b class="b3">γῆν ἄ παρασχεῖν</b> make the land <b class="b2">a refuge</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>387</span>; ἱερὸν ὃ ἄσυλον νενόμισται <span class="bibl">Plb.4.18.10</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>635.5, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 1053ii9</span>(i B. C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἄσυλον, τό,</b> <b class="b2">sanctuary</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">304.28</span>: metaph., νόμον τηρεῖν ἄ. <span class="title">OGI</span>383.115 (Commagene, i B. C.); <b class="b3">ἄ. γράμματα, στῆλαι</b>, ib.8.110; so κόμην ἄ. φυλάξαι <b class="b2">uncut</b>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>4.16</span>.</span>