ἀσφαλής: Difference between revisions

|txtha=ἀσφαλές ([[σφάλλω]] to [[make]] to [[totter]] or [[fall]], to [[cheat]] (cf. Latin fallo, German [[fallen]], etc., English [[fall]], [[fail]]), σφάλλομαι to [[fall]], to [[reel]]) (from Homer down);<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[firm]] ([[that]] [[can]] be relied on, confided in): [[ἄγκυρα]], Tr [[have]] [[received]] as the [[form]] of accusative [[singular]] ἀσφαλην (Tdf.7ἀσφαλην; cf. Tdf. at the [[passage]]; Delitzsch, [[commentary]] at the [[passage]]) [[see]] [[ἄρσην]]). Tropically, [[certain]], true: τό ἀσφαλές, suited to [[confirm]]: τίνι, Josephus, Antiquities 3,2, 1).