ἀσφᾰλίζω [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—mostly in
middle,
future -ιοῦμαι[
Refs 1st c.AD+] but
-ίσομαι [
Refs 1st c.BC+]:
perfect ἠσφάλισμαι[
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
pluperfect ἠσφάλιστο[
Refs]:
aorist ἠσφαλισάμην[
Refs 1st c.AD+]: some of these tenses are used in
passive sense (see. below):—
fortify, τὸν τόπον[
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—
passive, [
NT]
b)
secure, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
2) more frequently in
middle,
secure, ἑαυτόν[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰς εἰσβολάς, τὴν χώραν, etc, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+];
shut up, close, πύλην[
LXX]; ὀφθαλμοὶ ἠσφαλισμένοι, opposed to ἀνεῳγμένοι, [
Refs]; τοὺς πόδας ἠσφαλίσατο εἰς τὸ ξύλον
made them
fast, [
NT]
3)
secure the person of, arrest, τινά[
Refs 1st c.BC+];
seize, τὰ γενήματα [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
4)
middle,
certify, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
middle,
secure oneself against, ward off, τὰς καταφορὰς τῶν μαχαιρῶν[
Refs 2nd c.BC+]:
absolutely,
safeguard oneself, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2)
metaphorically in Rhet,
safeguard a risky metaphor, ἀ. τὰς μεταφοράς[
Refs 4th c.BC+] —
passive, λέξις ἠσφαλισμένη τοῖς συνδέσμοις[
Refs]