- ἀσφάλεια
- ἀσφάλ-εια [pron. full] [φᾰ], gen. ας, [dialect] Ion. ης, ἡ, ([etym.] ἀσφᾰλής)A security against stumbling or falling,
ἀ. πρὸς τὸν πηλόν Th.3.22
; steadfastness, stability, ἀσφαλείᾳ . . ἀνόρθωσον πόλιν raise up the city so that it stand fast, S. OT51;κατασκευάζειν τὴν [τῆς πολιτείας] ἀ. Arist.Pol.1319b39
.2 assurance from danger, personal safety, A.Supp.495, etc.;τηρεῖν ἀ. ἐπιβουλῆς Antipho 2.2.8
; ἀ. τῆς ἐπαναφορᾶς precaution regarding it, And.3.33, cf. Th.4.68, 8.4; ἡ ἰδία ἀ., opp. ὁ τῆς πόλεως κίνδυνος, Lys. 31.7;δεηθεὶς τῆς ἀ. ἔτυχε
safe-conduct,Hdt.
3.7; ἀ. διδόναι, παρέχειν, X.HG2.2.2, Cyr.4.5.28: freq. with Preps.,ἀσφαλείης εἵνεκεν Hdt.4.33
;ἀσφαλείας οὕνεκα Ar.Av.293
;δι' ἀσφαλείας τὰς πόλεις οἰκεῖν Th. 1.17
; τὸ σῶμ' ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ καθιστάναι, καθεστάναι, Isoc.9.30, X.Hier. 2.10; κατ' ἀσφάλειαν in safety, Th.4.128;μετ' ἀσφαλείας Id.1.120
, Pl. Ti.50b: pl.,ἀσφάλειαι
seasons of safety,Isoc.
8.21.3 caution,σῴζονται ὑπ' ἀσφαλείας Alciphr.1.10
, cf. Heliod.(?)ap.Orib.46.11.27 and 14.4: in Lit. Crit., circumspection, Demetr.Eloc.287.4 assurance, certainty,ἀ. πολλὴ μὴ ἂν ἐλθεῖν αὐτούς Th.2.11
; ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι τὴν γῆν security for agriculture, X.Cyr.7.4.5.5 ἀ. λόγου convincing nature, certainty of an argument, Id.Mem.4.6.15, cf. Ev.Luc. 1.4.6 as law-term, security, bond, Arr.Epict.2.13.7; pledge, BGU1149.24 (i B. C.): in pl., = Lat. cautiones, Just.Nov.72.6.7 Pythag. name for eight, Theol.Ar.56.
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