Σαφής

clear, evident, infallible

Translated by Marcelo Boeri21 Jan 2004Vetting: high3 revisions

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[Meaning] true. And Homer [says]: "[since you] know how to speak clear".¹ Meaning [to speak] truly. And Sophocles [says]: "if Zeus [is] still Zeus and Zeus' son Phoebus infallible".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σαφής· ἀληθής. καὶ Ὅμηρος· ἐπιστάμενος σάφα εἰπεῖν. ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀληθῶς. καὶ Σοφοκλῆς· εἰ Ζεὺς ἔτι Ζεύς, χὠ Διὸς Φοῖβος σαφής.

Betacode

*safh/s: a)lhqh/s. kai\ *(/omhros: e)pista/menos sa/fa ei)pei=n. a)nti\ tou= a)lhqw=s. kai\ *sofoklh=s: ei) *zeu\s e)/ti *zeu/s, xw) *dio\s *foi=bos safh/s.

Notes (2)

1Homer, Iliad 4.404; already at sigma 162. ↩
2Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 623. ↩

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σ162Σάφαclear[Meaning] clearly, openly. And Homer [writes]: "understanding [how] to speak clear."

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σ163Σαφέστερον εἰπὲ κἀληθέστερονspeak more clearly and more truthfully σ164Σαφήνειαclarity σ165Σαφήςclear, evident, infallible σ166ΣαχωνιάθωνSanchoniathon σ167ΣάχωνοςSachonos

Revision history3 revisions · last 22 Dec 2013

22 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
22 Jan 2004cosmetics — Catharine Roth
22 Jan 2004x-ref; another keyword; osmetics — David Whitehead
21 Jan 2004Translated — Marcelo Boeri

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (2)

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