ἀσαφής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[indistinct]] (to the senses), [[dim]], [[faint]], σημεῖα <span class="bibl">Th.3.22</span>; σκιαγραφία <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>107d</span>; [[indistinct]] (to the mind), [[uncertain]], [[obscure]], πάντ' . . αἰνικτὰ κἀσαφῆ λέγεις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>439</span>; <b class="b3">νὺξ διὰ τὸ σκοτεινὴ εἶναι ἀσαφεστέρα ἐστίν</b> by night one sees [[less distinctly]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.3.4</span>; ἀ. πέλαγος <span class="title">AP</span> 12.156; [[inarticulate]], γλῶσσα <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.26</span>.ιγ; of sounds, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Aud.</span>801b21</span>; φθέγματα <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>1003.6. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[obscure]], διδάσκαλος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>392d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -φῶς [[obscurely]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cra.</span>427d</span>; <b class="b3">πολεμοῦνται ἀσαφῶς ποτέρων ἀρξάντων</b> [[without knowing]] which began, <span class="bibl">Th.4.20</span>.</span>