Σάφα

clear

Translated by Amanda Aponte14 Jun 2009Vetting: high2 revisions

2 notes · 11 words

[Meaning] clearly, openly.¹ And Homer [writes]: "understanding [how] to speak clear."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σάφα· σαφῶς, φανερῶς. καὶ Ὅμηρος· ἐπιστάμενος σάφα εἰπεῖν.

Betacode

*sa/fa: safw=s, fanerw=s. kai\ *(/omhros: e)pista/menos sa/fa ei)pei=n.

Notes (2)

The headword is an epic/poetic adverb from the adjective safh/s (sigma 165)
1For these glosses cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.192, and other lexica. ↩
2Homer, Iliad 4.404. ↩

Linked from1 entry

σ165Σαφήςclear, evident, infallible[Meaning] true. And Homer [says]: "[since you] know how to speak clear". Meaning [to speak] truly. And Sophocles [says]: "if Zeus [is] still Zeus and Zeus' son Phoebus infallible".

Neighbouring entries

σ160Σαυρωτῆρσιby prongs; with prongs σ161Σαυτὴν ἐπαινεῖς ὥσπερ Ἀστυδάμας ποτέyou are praising yourself just as Astydamas once did σ162Σάφαclear σ163Σαφέστερον εἰπὲ κἀληθέστερονspeak more clearly and more truthfully σ164Σαφήνειαclarity

Revision history2 revisions · last 22 Dec 2013

22 Dec 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
15 Jun 2009notes; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Jun 2009Translated — Amanda Aponte