ἀσφαλίζω
οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
English (LSJ)
Plb.18.30.3:—mostly in Med., fut.
A -ιοῦμαι J.BJ2.21.4, but -ίσομαι Id.AJ13.5.11, and so D.S.20.24: pf. ἠσφάλισμαι Plb.5.43.6: plpf. ἠσφάλιστο ib.7.12: aor. ἠσφαλισάμην Id.2.22.11; ἠσφαλίσθην J.Vit.62: some of these tenses are used in pass. sense (v. infr.):—fortify, τὸν τόπον Plb.18.30.3, etc.:—Pass., Id.1.42.7, 4.70.9, Ev.Matt.27.64. b secure, BGU829.9 (i A. D.). 2 more freq. in Med., secure, ἑαυτόν Epicur.Fr.215; τὰς εἰσβολάς, τὴν χώραν, etc., Plb.2.65.6, 4.60.5, etc.; τόπους Hero Bel.101.7; τὸν ὕσπληγγα CIG 2824 (Aphrodisias); shut up, close, πύλην LXXNe.3.15; ὀφθαλμοὶ ἠσφαλισμένοι, opp. ἀνεῳγμένοι, Polem.Phgn.55; τοὺς πόδας ἠσφαλίσατο εἰς τὸ ξύλον made them fast, Act.Ap.16.24. 3 secure the person of, arrest, τινά PTeb.283.19 (i B.C.), cf. PRyl.68.19 (i B.C., Pass.); seize, τὰ γενήματα ib.53.29 (ii B.C.). 4 Med., certify, ib. 2.77.40 (ii A.D.). II Med., secure oneself against, ward off, τὰς καταφορὰς τῶν μαχαιρῶν Plb.6.23.4, cf. 9.3.3: abs., safeguard oneself, J.AJ13.5.10, POxy.1033.13 (iv A. D.). 2 metaph. in Rhet., safeguard a risky metaphor, ἀ. τὰς μεταφοράς Demetr.Eloc.85:— Pass., λέξις ἠσφαλισμένη τοῖς συνδέσμοις ib.193. (The word is βάρβαρον acc. to AB456.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 381] sichern, schützen, Pol. 18, 23; bes. med., in derselben Bdtg, χώραν 4, 60; ἄκραν τείχεσι 4. 65 u. öfter; τί, gegen etwas, 6, 22. 9, 3; ἠσφάλισμαι ist sowohl pass., 1, 42 u. sonst, als act., 5, 43. Ebenso N. T.
