σάφα
sapha
clearly, plainly, assuredly
Appears 21 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
σάφα [σᾰ], poet. Adv. of σαφής, A. clearly, plainly, assuredly, in 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., Supp. 740, Pers. 337, etc.; Com., σάφʼ ἴσθι ὅτι Pl. 889; less freq. in Prose, 6.18, Cyr. 4.5.21; also ἐπιστάμεναι σ. θυμῷ Od. 4.730; σ. ἐπίστασθαι Art. 64; σ. δαείς O. 7.91: also with Verbs of speaking, clearly or with certainty, σ. εἰπεῖν Od. 2.31, O. 8.46; σ. φράζειν Acut. 3; μυθήσασθαι 25.198; σ. εἰπεῖν speak truly, opp. ψεύδεσθαι, Il. 4.404.
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