ἀσφαλής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀσφαλές, ([[σφάλλομαι]], [[σφαλῆναι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[not liable to fall]], [[immovable]], [[steadfast]], in Hom. only once as adjective (cf. infr. III), θεῶν [[ἕδος]] ἀ. αἰεί Od.6.42, cf. Hes.''Th.''128, Pi.''N.''6.3, Theoc.2.34, etc.; ἀσφαλῆ θεῶν νόμιμα S.''Ant.''454; [[unshaken]], of purpose, ἀ. ὁ νοῦς Id.''Fr.''351.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of friends and the like, [[unfailing]], [[trusty]], οὐ γὰρ οἱ . . εὐρύνωτοι φῶτες ἀσφαλέστατοι Id.''Aj.''1251; ἀ. [[στρατηλάτης]] E.''Ph.''599, cf. Th.1.69: c. inf., <b class="b3">φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς</b> the hasty in counsel are not [[safe]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''617, cf. Pl.''Sph.''231a; σῴζειν τὰ κοινὰ πράγματ' ἀσφαλέσταται E.''IT''1062; of things, [[sure]], [[certain]], Th.4.108,etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[assured from danger]], [[safe]], ἀ. αἰών Pi.''P.''3.86; ἀσφαλεῖ σὺν ἐξόδῳ S.''OC''1288; ἀ. ὄρος X.''Lac.''12.1; ὁδός ἀσφαλεστέρα Id.''HG''5.4.51; [[ἐν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ]] = [[in safety]], Th.1.137, 8.39, cf. Pl.''Lg.''892e; ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ τοῦ μὴ παθεῖν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.31; τοῦ λαλεῖν Men.''Sam.''25; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀσφαλεστέρῳ, ἐν ἀσφαλεστάτῳ</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.1.21, ''An.''1.8.22; ἐν ἀ. βίου E.''Hipp.''785; μένειν ἐν τῷ ἀ. X. ''An.''4.7.8; [[ἐξ ἀσφαλοῦς]] = [[from a place of safety]], Id.''Eq.Mag.''4.16; τοῦ ἀσφαλέος εἵνεκα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.109; [[τὸ ἀσφαλές]] = [[ἀσφάλεια]] ([[safety]]), Th.6.55, etc.; [[μετὰ τοῦ αὑτῆς ἀσφαλοῦς]] = [[with no risk to herself]], Plot.4.8.7; [[ἀσφαλές]] [ἐστι], c. inf., [[it is safe]] to... [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.75, E.''Ph.''891, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1489: abs., ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀσφαλές Pl.''Phlb.''61d, etc.; φεύγειν αὐτοῖς ἀσφαλέστερόν ἐστιν ἢ ἡμῖν X.''An.''3.2.19.<br><span class="bld">4</span> ἀσφαλὴς [[ῥήτωρ]] = a [[convincing]] [[speaker]], Id.''Mem.''4.6.15.<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Lit. Crit., [[sound]], [[not]] [[risky]], of language or rhythm, Demetr.''Eloc.''19,41. Adv. [[ἀσφαλῶς]], ἐρεῖ ib.78.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Subst. [[ἀσφαλές]], τό, = [[ἀσφάλεια]] 6, ''BGU''984.14 (iv A. D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Ep. Adv. [[ἀσφαλέως]], [[ἔχειν]], [[μένειν]], to be, remain [[firm]], [[steady]], Il.23.325, Od.17.235: neut. [[ἀσφαλές]] as adverb, Il. (v. infr.); δρακεῖσ' ἀσφαλές Pi.''P.''2.20; ἀ. ἀγορεύει [[without faltering]], Od.8.171, Hes.''Th.''86; ἔμπεδον [[ἀσφαλέως]] Il.13.141, Od.13.86; ἔμπεδον ἀσφαλὲς [[αἰεί]] Il.15.683. Adv. [[ἀσφαλῶς]] ([[ἀσφαλέως]]) is used in all senses of the Adj., [[ἀσφαλέως]] βεβηκὼς ποσσί Archil.58.4; [[in safety]], [[with certainty]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''613; ἀ. [[βουλεύειν]] And.3.34; ἀ. ἔχει [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.86: c. inf., Lys.27.6; ἀ. [[προσθεῖναι]] [[as a precaution]], Alex.Aphr. ''in Mete.''14.10: Comp. [[ἀσφαλέστερον]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.161, Pl.''Phd.''85d; but [[ἀσφαλεστέρως]] Hp.''Prorrh.''2.15, Th.4.71: Sup. [[ἀσφαλέστατα]] Hp.''Prorrh.'' 2.23, Pl.''R.''467e.