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ἀσφάλ-εια [φα^], gen. ας, Ion. ης, , (ἀσφα^λής)
A.security against stumbling or falling,. πρὸς τὸν πηλόνTh.3.22; steadfastness, stability, ἀσφαλείᾳ . . ἀνόρθωσον πόλιν raise up the city so that it stand fast, S. OT51; “κατασκευάζειν τὴν [τῆς πολιτείας] .Arist.Pol.1319b39.
3. caution,σῴζονται ὑπ᾽ ἀσφαλείαςAlciphr.1.10, cf. Heliod.(?)ap.Orib.46.11.27 and 14.4: in Lit. Crit., circumspection, Demetr.Eloc.287.
4. assurance, certainty,. πολλὴ μὴ ἂν ἐλθεῖν αὐτούςTh.2.11; . ἐργάζεσθαι τὴν γῆν security for agriculture, X.Cyr.7.4.5.
5. . λόγου convincing nature, certainty of an argument, Id.Mem.4.6.15, cf. Ev.Luc. 1.4.
6. as law-term, security, bond, Arr.Epict.2.13.7; pledge, BGU1149.24 (i B. C.): in pl., = Lat. cautiones, Just.Nov.72.6.
7. Pythag. name for eight, Theol.Ar.56.
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