"σαφής" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σαφής in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sa.pʰɛ̌ːs/, /saˈɸis/, /saˈfis/, /sa.pʰɛ̌ːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /saˈpʰe̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /saˈɸis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /saˈfis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /saˈfis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Most likely Pre-Greek. Connections to Latin pāreō can be dismissed based on the fact that ph comes from an aspirated PIE consonant. Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek, {{cog|la|pāreō}} Latin pāreō Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|σᾰφής|σᾰφές|adv1=σᾰφέως, σᾰ́φᾰ|adv2=σᾰφῶς, σᾰ́φᾰ}} Forms: σᾰφής [canonical], saphḗs [romanization], σᾰφές [neuter], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], σᾰφής [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], σᾰφές [neuter, nominative, singular], σᾰφεῖ [dual, feminine, masculine, nominative], σᾰφεῖ [dual, neuter, nominative], σᾰφεῖς [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], σᾰφῆ [neuter, nominative, plural], σᾰφοῦς [feminine, genitive, masculine, singular], σᾰφοῦς [genitive, neuter, singular], σᾰφοῖν [dual, feminine, genitive, masculine], σᾰφοῖν [dual, genitive, neuter], σᾰφῶν [feminine, genitive, masculine, plural], σᾰφῶν [genitive, neuter, plural], σᾰφεῖ [dative, feminine, masculine, singular], σᾰφεῖ [dative, neuter, singular], σᾰφοῖν [dative, dual, feminine, masculine], σᾰφοῖν [dative, dual, neuter], σᾰφέσῐ [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], σᾰφέσῐν [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], saphési [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], saphésin [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], σᾰφέσῐ [dative, neuter, plural], σᾰφέσῐν [dative, neuter, plural], saphési [dative, neuter, plural], saphésin [dative, neuter, plural], σᾰφῆ [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], σᾰφές [accusative, neuter, singular], σᾰφεῖ [accusative, dual, feminine, masculine], σᾰφεῖ [accusative, dual, neuter], σᾰφεῖς [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], σᾰφῆ [accusative, neuter, plural], σᾰφές [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], σᾰφές [neuter, singular, vocative], σᾰφεῖ [dual, feminine, masculine, vocative], σᾰφεῖ [dual, neuter, vocative], σᾰφεῖς [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], σᾰφῆ [neuter, plural, vocative], σᾰφῶς [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], σᾰφέστερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], σᾰφέστᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. (of something seen with the eyes, or of something understood with the mind) clear, distinct Tags: Attic, Doric, Ionic, Koine
    Sense id: en-σαφής-grc-adj-YmIfYd4p
  2. (of a person) speaking clearly, reliable Tags: Attic, Doric, Ionic, Koine
    Sense id: en-σαφής-grc-adj-jScqo9HQ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes, Attic Greek, Doric Greek, Ionic Greek, Koine Greek Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 15 85 Disambiguation of Attic Greek: 11 89 Disambiguation of Doric Greek: 20 80 Disambiguation of Ionic Greek: 7 93 Disambiguation of Koine Greek: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἀσᾰφής (asaphḗs)

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        {
          "english": "She has stopped speaking a clear word to you",
          "ref": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1047",
          "roman": "soí toi légousa paúetai saphê lógon",
          "text": "σοί τοι λέγουσα παύεται σαφῆ λόγον"
        },
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          "english": "we show the advantages, and the greatest is that the same people are enemies to us both, which is a very clear guarantee of good faith",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 1 35",
          "roman": "tà xumphéronta apodeíknumen, kaì mégiston hóti hoí te autoì polémioi hēmîn êsan, hóper saphestátē pístis",
          "text": "τὰ ξυμφέροντα ἀποδείκνυμεν, καὶ μέγιστον ὅτι οἵ τε αὐτοὶ πολέμιοι ἡμῖν ἦσαν, ὅπερ σαφεστάτη πίστις"
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          "english": "a silent, unerring, truthful messenger",
          "ref": "467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 82",
          "roman": "ánaudos saphḕs étumos ángelos",
          "text": "ἄναυδος σαφὴς ἔτυμος ἄγγελος"
        },
        {
          "english": "So come on, tell me, when have you been a reliable seer",
          "ref": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 390",
          "roman": "epeí, phér’ eipé, poû sù mántis eî saphḗs;",
          "text": "ἐπεί, φέρ’ εἰπέ, ποῦ σὺ μάντις εἶ σαφής;"
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      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφοῖν",
      "roman": "saphoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφῶν",
      "roman": "saphôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφῶν",
      "roman": "saphôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφεῖ",
      "roman": "sapheî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφεῖ",
      "roman": "sapheî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφοῖν",
      "roman": "saphoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφοῖν",
      "roman": "saphoîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφέσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφέσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saphési",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saphésin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφέσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφέσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saphési",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saphésin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφῆ",
      "roman": "saphê",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφές",
      "roman": "saphés",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφεῖ",
      "roman": "sapheî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφεῖ",
      "roman": "sapheî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφεῖς",
      "roman": "sapheîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφῆ",
      "roman": "saphê",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφές",
      "roman": "saphés",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφές",
      "roman": "saphés",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφεῖ",
      "roman": "sapheî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφεῖ",
      "roman": "sapheî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφεῖς",
      "roman": "sapheîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφῆ",
      "roman": "saphê",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφῶς",
      "roman": "saphôs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφέστερος",
      "roman": "saphésteros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σᾰφέστᾰτος",
      "roman": "saphéstatos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σᾰφής",
        "2": "σᾰφές",
        "adv1": "σᾰφέως, σᾰ́φᾰ",
        "adv2": "σᾰφῶς, σᾰ́φᾰ"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She has stopped speaking a clear word to you",
          "ref": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1047",
          "roman": "soí toi légousa paúetai saphê lógon",
          "text": "σοί τοι λέγουσα παύεται σαφῆ λόγον"
        },
        {
          "english": "we show the advantages, and the greatest is that the same people are enemies to us both, which is a very clear guarantee of good faith",
          "ref": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, 1 35",
          "roman": "tà xumphéronta apodeíknumen, kaì mégiston hóti hoí te autoì polémioi hēmîn êsan, hóper saphestátē pístis",
          "text": "τὰ ξυμφέροντα ἀποδείκνυμεν, καὶ μέγιστον ὅτι οἵ τε αὐτοὶ πολέμιοι ἡμῖν ἦσαν, ὅπερ σαφεστάτη πίστις"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clear, distinct"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "distinct",
          "distinct"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "or of something understood with the mind",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of something seen with the eyes, or of something understood with the mind) clear, distinct"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of something seen with the eyes"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a silent, unerring, truthful messenger",
          "ref": "467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 82",
          "roman": "ánaudos saphḕs étumos ángelos",
          "text": "ἄναυδος σαφὴς ἔτυμος ἄγγελος"
        },
        {
          "english": "So come on, tell me, when have you been a reliable seer",
          "ref": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 390",
          "roman": "epeí, phér’ eipé, poû sù mántis eî saphḗs;",
          "text": "ἐπεί, φέρ’ εἰπέ, ποῦ σὺ μάντις εἶ σαφής;"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "speaking clearly, reliable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speaking",
          "speaking"
        ],
        [
          "clearly",
          "clearly"
        ],
        [
          "reliable",
          "reliable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) speaking clearly, reliable"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Attic",
        "Doric",
        "Ionic",
        "Koine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sa.pʰɛ̌ːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈɸis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈfis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sa.pʰɛ̌ːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈpʰe̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈɸis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈfis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saˈfis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σαφής"
}

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