σάφᾰ [σᾰ], poet.Adv.ofσαφής,
A. clearly, plainly, assuredly, in Hom. esp. with Verbs of knowing, most freq.σάφα οἶδα, σάφα εἰδώς, etc., like εὖ οἶδα, εὖ εἰδώς , etc., to knowassuredly, of a surety, followed by interrog., Il. 2.192 , 252 , al.; byεἰ, 5.183 ; c. acc. and interrog. clause, Od. 17.373 ; abs., 2.108 ; c. gen., ὃς σάφα θυμῷ εἰδείη τεράων
Il. 12.228
, cf. Od. 1.202 ; c.inf., Il. 15.632 ; freq. in Trag.,σάφ' οἶδα, σάφ' ἴσθι, etc., A. Supp. 740 , Pers. 337 , etc.; Com., σάφ' ἴσθι ὅτι
Ar. Pl. 889
; less freq. in Prose, Antipho 6.18 , X. Cyr. 4.5.21 ; also ἐπιστάμεναι ς. θυμῷ
Od. 4.730
; ς. ἐπίστασθαι
Hp. Art. 64
; ς. δαείς
Pi. O. 7.91
: also with Verbs of speaking,clearlyorwith certainty, ς. εἰπεῖν
Od. 2.31