διασφάλλω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
A overturn utterly, τὴν τέχνην Luc.Abd.17:—Pass., to fail of, be disappointed of, τινός Aeschin.2.35,3.91, D.S.20.10; τῇ προνοία, ἐν πράξεσι, Plb.5.81.7,4.14.3, cf. Arist.Ath.19.3; πάντα δ. Vett.Val.116.34.
German (Pape)
[Seite 605] verstärktes simplex; τὴν τέχνην Luc. Abdic. 17; διασφαλῆναι τῆς συμμαχίας Aesch. 3, 91; vgl. 2, 35; τῆς ἀληθείας D. Sic. 20, 10.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
διασφάλλω: ἐντελῶς ἀνατρέπω, ποιῶ τινα παντάπασι σφαλῆναι καὶ ἀποτυχεῖν, τὴν τέχνην Λουκ. Ἀποκηρυττ. 17. - Παθ., ἀποτυγχάνω ἐντελῶς, τινὸς Αἰσχίν. 33. 2., 66. 34, Διόδ. 20. 10.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ao.2 Pass. διεστάλην;
1 bouleverser profondément, acc.;
2 faire faire fausse route ; Pass. faire fausse route : δ. συμμαχίας ESCHN être frustré d’une alliance, la manquer.
Étymologie: διά, σφάλλω.
