A.“-ιοῦμαι” J.BJ2.21.4, but “-ίσομαι” Id.AJ13.5.11, and so D.S.20.24: pf. “ἠσφάλισμαι” Plb.5.43.6: plpf. ἠσφάλιστο ib.7.12: aor. “ἠσφαλισάμην” Id.2.22.11; “ἠσφαλίσθην” J.Vit.62: some of these tenses are used in pass. sense (v. infr.):—fortify, “τὸν τόπον” Plb.18.30.3, etc.:—Pass., Id.1.42.7, 4.70.9, Ev.Matt.27.64.
b. secure, BGU829.9 (i A. D.).
2. more freq. in Med., secure, “ἑαυτόν” Epicur.Fr.215; τὰς εἰσβολάς, τὴν χώραν, etc., Plb.2.65.6, 4.60.5, etc.; “τόπους” Hero Bel.101.7; “τὸν ὕσπληγγα” CIG 2824 (Aphrodisias); shut up, close, “πύλην” LXXNe.3.15; ὀφθαλμοὶ ἠσφαλισμένοι, opp. ἀνεῳγμένοι, Polem.Phgn.55; τοὺς πόδας ἠσφαλίσατο εἰς τὸ ξύλον made them fast, Act.Ap.16.24.
3. secure the person of, arrest, “τινά” PTeb.283.19 (i B.C.), cf. PRyl.68.19 (i B.C., Pass.); seize, τὰ γενήματα ib.53.29 (ii B.C.).
4. Med., certify, ib. 2.77.40 (ii A.D.).
II. Med., secure oneself against, ward off, “τὰς καταφορὰς τῶν μαχαιρῶν” Plb.6.23.4, cf. 9.3.3: abs., safeguard oneself, J.AJ13.5.10, POxy.1033.13 (iv A. D.).
2. metaph. in Rhet., safeguard a risky metaphor, “ἀ. τὰς μεταφοράς” Demetr.Eloc.85:— Pass., λέξις ἠσφαλισμένη τοῖς συνδέσμοις ib.193. (The word is βάρβαρον acc. to AB456.)