ἀσφάλ-εια [φᾰ], gen.ας, Ion.
ης,ἡ, (ἀσφᾰλής)
A. security against stumblingorfalling,
ἀ. πρὸς τὸν πηλόν
Th. 3.22
;steadfastness, stability, ἀσφαλείᾳ . . ἀνόρθωσον πόλινraise up the cityso that it stand fast,
S. OT 51 ; 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 regardingit, 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