ἄσυλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἄσυλον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[safe from violence]], [[inviolate]], ἐπεὶ πᾶν ἐστιν ἄ. Parm.8.48; μενεῖς ἄ. E.''Med.''728; ἐκπεμπέτω ἄσυλον Pl.''Lg.''866d; of the persons of magistrates, D.H.7.45, 10.39; [[τὸ ἄσυλον]] = [[right of sanctuary]], ''GDI''4940.13 (Allaria).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[not liable to reprisals]] (cf. [[σῦλαι]]), ''IG''9(1).333 (Locr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">γάμων ἄσυλος</b> = [[safe]] from [[marriage]], E.''Hel.'' 61.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of places, [[γῆν ἄσυλον παρασχεῖν]] = [[make the land a refuge]], Id.''Med.''387; ἱερὸν ὃ ἄσυλον νενόμισται Plb.4.18.10, cf. ''SIG''635.5, ''BGU'' 1053ii9(i B. C.), etc.; [[ἄσυλον]], τό, [[sanctuary]], ib.304.28: metaph., νόμον [[τηρεῖν]] ἄ. ''OGI''383.115 (Commagene, i B. C.); <b class="b3">ἄ. γράμματα, στῆλαι</b>, ib.8.110; so κόμην ἄ. φυλάξαι [[uncut]], Philostr.''VA''4.16.