ἀσυλία
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A inviolability, i.e., 1 safety to the person, of suppliants, ἀ. βροτῶν A.Supp.610; of competitors at games, Plu.Arat.28; in Inscrr., as a privilege bestowed on one who has deserved well of the state, εἶμεν δὲ αὐτῷ ἀτέλειαν καὶ ἀ. καὶ κατὰ γᾶν καὶ κατὰ θάλασσαν IG7.11 (Megara), cf. 2.551.80, 5(1).1226 (Lacon.), etc. 2 sanctity, inviolability of character, ἀ. ἱερέως D.H.11.25. 3 of a place of refuge, right of sanctuary, Plb.4.74.2; ἀσυλίαν παρέχειν Plu. 2.828d; freq. in Inscrr., ἀ. πόλεως καὶ χώρας IG12(5).1341 (Paros), etc. 4 exemption from contributions, Ph.2.250.
German (Pape)
[Seite 379] ἡ, Unverletzlichkeit eines Ortes u. des daselbst Hülfe Suchenden, Aesch. Suppl. 605 Pol. 4, 74 Plut. Rom. 9.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀσῡλία: ἡ, τὸ ἀπαραβίαστον δηλ., 1) ἀσφάλεια προσωπική, ἐπὶ ἱκετῶν, ἡμᾶς μετοικεῖν τῆσδε γῆς ἐλευθέρους κἀρρυσιάστους ξὺν τ’ ἀσυλίᾳ βροτῶν Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκ. 610· ἐν ἐπιγραφαῖς, προνόμιον διδόμενον εἰς τὸν εὐεργετήσαντα τὴν πόλιν καὶ ἄξιον αὐτῆς καταστάντα, εἶμεν δ’ αὐτῷ ἀτέλειαν καὶ ἀσυλίαν, καὶ κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλασσαν, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 1052, πρβλ. 1355, 1542, κ. ἀλλ.· συχν. ἐν Δελφικαῖς ἐπιγραφαῖς, Κούρτιος 41 κ. ἑξῆς. 2) ἱερότης, ἁγιωσύνη, τὸ ἀπαραβίαστον τῆς ὑπολήψεώς τινος, ἀσυλία ἱερέως Διον. Ἁλ. 11. 25: - ἐπὶ τόπου πρὸς καταφυγήν, καταφύγιον, ἄσυλον, Πολύβ. 4. 74, 2.
