σάφα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[σᾰ], poet. Adv. of [[σαφής]], <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[clearly]], [[plainly]], [[assuredly]], in Hom. esp. with Verbs of knowing, most freq. <b class="b3">σάφα οἶδα, σάφα εἰδώς</b>, etc., like [[εὖ οἶδα]], εὖ εἰδώς, etc., to know [[assuredly]], [[of a surety]], followed by interrog., <span class="bibl">Il.2.192</span>, <span class="bibl">252</span>, al.; by [[εἰ]], <span class="bibl">5.183</span>; c. acc. and interrog. clause, <span class="bibl">Od.17.373</span>; abs., <span class="bibl">2.108</span>; c. gen., ὃς σάφα θυμῷ εἰδείη τεράων <span class="bibl">Il.12.228</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.1.202</span>; c. inf., <span class="bibl">Il.15.632</span>; freq. in Trag., <b class="b3">σάφ' οἶδα, σάφ' ἴσθι</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>740</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>337</span>, etc.; Com., σάφ' ἴσθι ὅτι <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>889</span>; less freq. in Prose, <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.18</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.21</span>; also ἐπιστάμεναι σ. θυμῷ <span class="bibl">Od.4.730</span>; σ. ἐπίστασθαι <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>64</span>; σ. δαείς <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span> 7.91</span>: also with Verbs of speaking, [[clearly]] or [[with certainty]], σ. εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Od.2.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.46</span>; σ. φράζειν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>3</span>; μυθήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.198</span>; <b class="b3">σ. εἰπεῖν</b> speak [[truly]], opp. [[ψεύδεσθαι]], <span class="bibl">Il.4.404</span>.</span>