A.security against stumbling or falling, “ἀ. πρὸς τὸν πηλόν” Th.3.22; steadfastness, stability, ἀσφαλείᾳ . . ἀνόρθωσον πόλιν raise up the city so that it stand fast, S. OT51; “κατασκευάζειν τὴν [τῆς πολιτείας] ἀ.” Arist.Pol.1319b39.
2. assurance from danger, personal safety, A.Supp.495, etc.; “τηρεῖν ἀ. ἐπιβουλῆς” Antipho 2.2.8; ἀ. τῆς ἐπαναφορᾶς precaution regarding it, And.3.33, cf. Th.4.68, 8.4; ἡ ἰδία ἀ., opp. ὁ τῆς πόλεως κίνδυνος, Lys. 31.7; “δεηθεὶς τῆς ἀ. ἔτυχε” safe-conduct, Hdt.3.7; ἀ. διδόναι, παρέχειν, X.HG2.2.2, Cyr.4.5.28: freq. with Preps., “ἀσφαλείης εἵνεκεν” Hdt.4.33; “ἀσφαλείας οὕνεκα” Ar.Av.293; “δι᾽ ἀσφαλείας τὰς πόλεις οἰκεῖν” Th. 1.17; τὸ σῶμ᾽ ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ καθιστάναι, καθεστάναι, Isoc.9.30, X.Hier. 2.10; κατ᾽ ἀσφάλειαν in safety, Th.4.128; “μετ᾽ ἀσφαλείας” Id.1.120, Pl. Ti.50b: pl., “ἀσφάλειαι” seasons of safety, Isoc.8.21.
3. caution, “σῴζονται ὑπ᾽ ἀσφαλείας” Alciphr.1.10, cf. Heliod.(?)ap.Orib.46.11.27 and 14.4: in Lit. Crit., circumspection, Demetr.Eloc.287.
4. assurance, certainty, “ἀ. πολλὴ μὴ ἂν ἐλθεῖν αὐτούς” Th.2.11; ἀ. ἐργάζεσθαι τὴν γῆν security for agriculture, X.Cyr.7.4.5.
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.
