Included with: σᾰφής, ές,
genitive έος, contraction οῦς, clear, plain, distinct, of things heard, perceived, or known, σαφὲς δ᾽ οὐκ οἶδα [[ “hymnus ad Mercurium” 208 (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only has _adverb_ σάφα, which see)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῦθος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 641; λόγος [prev. author] “Ag.” 1047; χρησμός 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 777; κτύπος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1501; φθέγματ᾽ ὀρνίθων [prev. author] “El.” 18 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γράμματα distinctly legible, [[ “OGI” 665.12 (Egypt, 1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὰς κλεῖς ἔχουσι σαφεῖς prominent collar-bones, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(2).97] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, clear or manifest to the mind, σ. ἀρετά [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.22; τέκμαρ [prev. author] “N.” 11.43; σημεῖα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 23; πρόνοια [prev. author] “OT” 978; τεκμήριον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 926; πίστις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35 (_superlative_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βάσανος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 957d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τοῦτο παντὶ ὅτι.. it is manifest that.., [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 239e; σ. τι.. λέξον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 705; σαφῆ δ᾽ ἀκούεις [prev. author] “Supp.” 948; σαφῆ τἀκεῖθεν ἐκ στρατοῦ φέρων [prev. author] “Th.” 40 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σαφὲς καταστῆσαί τι to make it quite clear, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140, compare 3.40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν γενομένων τὸ σ. the clear truth, [[ [prev. author] 1.22; σοφόν τοι τὸ σ., οὐ τὸ μὴ σ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 397. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of persons (mostly Trag.), σ. ἄγγελος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 82 (Lyric poetry); φίλος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1155; μηνυταί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 918a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of seers, oracles, prophets, sure, unerring, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 390, 1011, “OC” 623 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; accurate, γραμματεύς [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 358. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]