ἀσφαλ-ής, ές,
(σφάλλομαι, σφαλῆναι) not liable to fall, immovable, steadfast, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only once as ] Refs 8th c.BC+]adjective (compare infr. III), θεῶν ἕδος ἀ. αἰεί[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.42, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 128, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.3, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.34, etc.; ἀσφαλῆ θεῶν νόμιμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 454] Refs 8th c.BC+]; unshaken, of purpose, ἀ. ὁ νοῦς[[ [prev. author] “fragment” 351. ] Refs]
__2 of friends and the like, unfailing, trusty, οὐ γὰρ οἱ.. εὐρύνωτοι φῶτες ἀσφαλέστατοι[[ [prev. author] “Aj.” 1251; ἀ. στρατηλάτης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 599, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.69: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, φρονεῖν γὰρ οἱ ταχεῖς οὐκ ἀσφαλεῖς the hasty in counsel are not safe, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 617, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 231a; σῴζειν τὰ κοινὰ πράγματ᾽ ἀσφαλέσταται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1062 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, sure, certain, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.108,etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 assured from danger, safe, ἀ. αἰών[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.86; ἀσφαλεῖ σὺν ἐξόδῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1288; ἀ. ὄρος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 12.1; ὁδός -εστέρα [prev. author] “HG” 5.4.51] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τῷ ἀσφαλεῖ in safety, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.137, 8.39, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 892e; ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ τοῦ μὴ παθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.31; τοῦ λαλεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 25] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν -εστέρῳ, -εστάτῳ, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.21, “An.” 1.8.22; ἐν ἀ. βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 785; μένειν ἐν τῷ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.8] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ἀσφαλοῦς from a place of safety, [[ [prev. author] “Eq.Mag.” 4.16; τοῦ ἀσφαλέος εἵνεκα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἀ., ={ἀσφάλεια}, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.55, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετὰ τοῦ αὑτῆς ἀ. with no risk to herself, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 4.8.7] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἀσφαλές [ἐστι], with infinitive, it is safe to.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 891, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1489: _absolutely_, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀσφαλές 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 61d, etc.; φεύγειν αὐτοῖς ἀσφαλέστερόν ἐστιν ἢ ἡμῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.19. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]