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σάφα

sapha

clearly, plainly, assuredly

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Where it lives

  • Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
  • Philoctetes 5 · 5.68/10k
  • Agamemnon 3 · 3.7/10k
  • Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
  • Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
  • Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
  • Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
  • Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
  • Odyssey 12 · 1.38/10k
  • Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

clearly, plainly, assuredly, assuredly, of a surety, clearly, with certainty, truly

clearly, plainly, assuredly, in Hom. esp. with Verbs of knowing, most freq. σάφα οἶδα, σάφα εἰδώς, etc., like εὖ οἶδα, εὖ εἰδώς, etc., to know assuredly, of a surety, followed by interrog., Il. 2.192, 252, al.; by εἰ, 5.183; c. acc. and interrog. clause, Od. 17.373; abs., 2.108; c. gen., ὃς σάφα θυμῷ εἰδείη τεράων Il. 12.228, cf. Od. 1.202; c. inf., Il. 15.632; freq. in Trag., σάφʼ οἶδα, σάφʼ ἴσθι, etc., A. Supp. 740, Pers. 337, etc.; Com., σάφʼ ἴσθι ὅτι Ar. Pl. 889; less freq. in Prose, Antipho

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σάφα (scan p. 1365; entry #5446).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σάφα (scan p. 1011; entry #7134).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σάφα (scan pp. 1656-1657; entry #5086). Root candidates: *tus-.

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