ἀσφαλής: Difference between revisions

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