A.without harm, i.e.,
I. Pass., unharmed, unhurt, Sapph. Supp.1.1, Pi.O.13.27, P.8.54, A.Th.68, X.Cyr.4.1.3, Pl.R.342b, etc.; “ζῶσαν ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ” S.El.650. Adv. ἀβλαβῶς, Ion. -έως, safely, “ζώειν” Thgn.1154; ἔχειν Dexipp. p. 148D., cf. Arr.An.6.19.2: Sup. “-έστατα” X.Eq.6.1:—securely, “ἐδήσατο σάνδαλα” h.Merc.83.
II. Act., not harming, harmless, innocent, “ξυνουσία” A.Eu.285; “ἡδοναί” Pl.R.357b, etc.; “ἀ. σπασμοί” doing no serious injury, Hp.Epid.1.6; “τὸ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους ἀ.” Phld.Piet.65: c. gen., ἀ. τῶν πλησίον Porph Sent.32: c. dat., Eus.Mynd.1. Adv. -ῶς, c. dat., without harm to, “τῇ γαστρί” Metrod.41.
2. averting or preventing harm, “ὕδωρ” Theoc.24.98:—in Pl.Lg.953b we have the act. and pass. senses conjoined, ἀ. τοῦ δρᾶσαί τε καὶ παθεῖν.