σαφής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, gen. σαφέος, contr. σαφοῦς, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[clear]], [[plain]], [[distinct]], of things heard, perceived, or known, σαφὲς δ' οὐκ οἶδα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>208</span> (Hom. only has Adv. [[σάφα]], [[quod vide|q.v.]]); μῦθος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>641</span>; λόγος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1047</span>; χρησμός <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span>777</span>; κτύπος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1501</span>; φθέγματ' ὀρνίθων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>18</span>; [[γράμματα]] [[distinctly legible]], <span class="title">OGI</span>665.12 (Egypt, i A.D.); <b class="b3">τὰς κλεῖς ἔχουσι σαφεῖς</b> [[prominent]] collar-bones, Gal.17(2).97: generally, [[clear]] or [[manifest]] to the mind, σ. ἀρετά <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.22</span>; τέκμαρ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">N.</span>11.43</span>; σημεῖα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>23</span>; πρόνοια <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>978</span>; τεκμήριον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>926</span>; πίστις <span class="bibl">Th.1.35</span> (Sup.); βάσανος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>957d</span>; <b class="b3">σ. τοῦτο παντὶ ὅτι . .</b>[[it is manifest]] that... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>239e</span>; σ. τι . . λέξον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>705</span>; σαφῆ δ' ἀκούεις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>948</span>; σαφῆ τἀκεῖθεν ἐκ στρατοῦ φέρων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>40</span>; <b class="b3">σαφὲς καταστῆσαί τι</b> to make it [[quite clear]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.140</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.40</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν γενομένων τὸ σ</b>. the [[clear]] [[truth]], <span class="bibl">Id.1.22</span>; σοφόν τοι τὸ σ., οὐ τὸ μὴ σ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>397</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons (mostly Trag.), σ. ἄγγελος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>82</span> (lyr.); φίλος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1155</span>; μηνυταί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>918a</span>; especially of seers, oracles, prophets, [[sure]], [[unerring]], <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>390</span>, <span class="bibl">1011</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>623</span>; [[accurate]], γραμματεύς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>358</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[σαφῶς]], Ion., etc. [[σαφέως]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>149</span>, and freq. in Hdt., esp. (like [[σάφα]]) with Verbs of saying, hearing, knowing, [[clearly]], [[plainly]], [[distinctly]], σαφέως φράσαι <span class="bibl">2.31</span>; [[δηλοῦν]] ib.<span class="bibl">44</span>; ἐπίστασθαι <span class="bibl">8.88</span>; δεῖξαι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 914</span>; εἰδέναι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>660</span>; σαφέως μαρτυρήσω <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.20</span>; <b class="b3">φράσσατέ μοι σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">P.</span>4.117</span>; <b class="b3">ἤκουον σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>595</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">εὖ γὰρ οἶδ' ἐγὼ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span> 1302</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[clearly]], [[manifestly]], σ. μ' ἐς οἶκον σὸς λόγος στέλλει πάλιν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>389</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς γυναικὸς ἦν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1636</span>; <b class="b3">κατοικεῖ τούσδε τοὺς τόπους σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>40</span>; <b class="b3">σ. φρόνει</b> be well assured of it, ib.<span class="bibl">810</span>; σ. ᾔρετο ἡ δύναμις <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἀπολωλέναι</b> to be [[undoubtedly]] dead, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.15</span>; <b class="b3">πήγνυμαι σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Antiph.166.7</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς κεχρημένη σ. σιδήρῳ καὶ φοροῦσα τοὔνομα</b> (sc. [[Σιδηρώ]]) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>658</span>; τῶν σ. ἀποχειροβιώτων <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.3.37</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>4.32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in affirmative answers, [[yes obviously]], ib.<span class="bibl">60</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Comp. σαφέστερον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>735</span>,<span class="bibl">767</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>352a</span>, al.; σαφεστέρως <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Metaph.</span>986b30</span> (as v.l.): Sup. σαφέστατα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>38</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>286</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span> 46</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>58d</span>.</span>