σάφα
ἀκίνδυνοι δ' ἀρεταὶ οὔτε παρ' ἀνδράσιν οὔτ' ἐν ναυσὶ κοίλαις τίμιαι → but excellence without danger is honored neither among men nor in hollow ships
English (LSJ)
[σᾰ], poet. Adv. of σαφής,
A clearly, plainly, assuredly, in Hom. esp. with Verbs of knowing, most freq. σάφα οἶδα, σάφα εἰδώς, etc., like εὖ οἶδα, εὖ εἰδώς, etc., to know assuredly, of a surety, followed by interrog., Il.2.192, 252, al.; by εἰ, 5.183; c. acc. and interrog. clause, Od.17.373; abs., 2.108; c. gen., ὃς σάφα θυμῷ εἰδείη τεράων Il.12.228, cf. Od.1.202; c. inf., Il.15.632; freq. in Trag., σάφ' οἶδα, σάφ' ἴσθι, etc., A.Supp.740, Pers.337, etc.; Com., σάφ' ἴσθι ὅτι Ar. Pl.889; less freq. in Prose, Antipho 6.18, X.Cyr.4.5.21; also ἐπιστάμεναι σ. θυμῷ Od.4.730; σ. ἐπίστασθαι Hp.Art.64; σ. δαείς Pi.O. 7.91: also with Verbs of speaking, clearly or with certainty, σ. εἰπεῖν Od.2.31, Pi.O.8.46; σ. φράζειν Hp.Acut.3; μυθήσασθαι Theoc.25.198; σ. εἰπεῖν speak truly, opp. ψεύδεσθαι, Il.4.404.
German (Pape)
[Seite 865] poet. adv. zu σαφής, sichtlich, deutlich, verständlich, zuverlässig; oft bei Hom., der es bes. mit den Zeitwörtern »wissen« vrbdt, am häufigsten σάφα οἶδα, σάφα εἰδώς u. s. w., wie εὖ εἰδέναι, bestimmt, genau wissen; auch c. gen., ὃς σάφα θυμῷ εἰδείη τεράων, Il. 12, 228; eben so σάφα ἐπί. στασθαι, Od. 4, 730; δαείς, Pind. Ol. 7, 91; u. oft Tragg., wie Aesch. Pers. 329 Ag. 1342; Soph. El. 662 u. oft; ὁρᾷς οὐδἐν ὧν δοκεῖς σάφ' εἰ. δέναι, Eur. Or. 259, u. öfter; οἱ σάφ' εἰδότες, Ar. Th. 596; selten in Prosa, σάφ' ἴσθι Xen. Cyr. 1, 6, 10, οἶδα 4, 5, 21; – sonst noch σάφα εἰπεῖν, bestimmt, deutlich ansagen, ἀγγελίην, Od. 2, 31, auch zuverlässig, wahrhaft sprechen, im Ggstz von ψεύδεσθαι, Il. 4, 404; εἴπαις, Pind. Ol. 8, 46.
